At the Margins of Orthodoxy
Subtitle: Mission, Governance, and Confessional Politics in Russia's Volga-Kama Region, 1827-1905
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: January 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780801438400
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; European history: from c 1900 -; Political leaders & leadership; Russkaëiìa pravoslavnaëiìa ëtìserkov§; History: World; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; History - General History; Russkaia pravoslavnaia t; Russia; Kama River Region; Christianity - Orthodox; Christianity - Orthodox Churches; Volga River Region; 19th century; 20th century; History; Missions; Russia (Federation)
First sentence: I argue here that the period from the late 1820s to the reform era of the 1860s initiated a transitionnever completed under the old regimefrom an imperial model featuring tolerance of ethnic and religious diversity and emphasizing dynastic loyalty above all else, to one of a unitary national state, which aspired to a higher degree of integration of its diverse population.
Description: "In a period of dramatic social change, when Orthodoxy and nationalism were the twin pillars of the Russian state, how did the tsarist bureaucracy govern an expansive realm inhabited by the peoples of many nations and ethnicities professing various faiths? Did the nature of tsarist rule change over time, and did it vary from region to region? Paul W. Werth considers these large questions in his survey of imperial Russian rule in the vast Volga-Kama region."--BOOK JACKET.