"The oldest one in Russia"
Subtitle: the formation of the historiographical image of Valaam Monastery
By: by Kati Parppei
Series: Russian history and culture -- v. 6; Russian history and culture -- v. 6.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leiden, the Netherlands; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9789004202221
Subjects: Historiography; Ideology; Public opinion; Valaamskiĭ monastyrʹ; Church history; Nationalism; Romanticism; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Premises of success; title: Quest for the past; title: "The oldest in Russia"; title: ideas about the monastery's origins; title: "The Holy pair": the founder cult of Sergei and German of Valaam; title: "Spiritual heroes": saintly pantheon of Valaam; title: "The dishonoured ones": encounters with the West.