“Almost Soviet Father”: An Experience of Microhistorical Research of Rural Confessional History in 1940s—1970s
Journal: Nauchnyi Dialog
Year: 2022

The problem of the possibility of a fruitful study of the rural parish history of the Soviet period through microhistorical analysis is raised. For discussion, the experience of researching the fate of a small Old Believer community is proposed. Both archival documents and interview materials are used. The purpose of the publication is to show some factors of the reproduction of traditional religious culture on the Soviet collective farm of the 1940s—1970s and at the same time demonstrate the he