All-Russian Congresses of Old Believers of the Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy and the Resettlement of Lipovans to the Russian Far East in the Early 20th Century
Journal: Исторический журнал научные исследования
Year: 2025

The article is devoted to a little-studied problem – the resettlement of Austrian and Romanian Old Believers-Lipovans to the Russian Far East at the beginning of the 20th century. The work evaluates the significance of the All-Russian Congresses of Old Believers of the Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy and their Council in this process. The role of the immediate leaders of this structure, D. V. Sirotkin and P. P. Ryabushinsky, as active supporters of the idea of returning "foreigners" to the homeland of