From the Editor
In the articles presented in this issue of the journal, the authors focus their attention on the study of the problems of Russian Orthodoxy of the 16th –20th centuries. The topic included in the title of this issue of the journal brought together representatives of the broadest subject and problem areas of various fields of humanities: historians, philologists, source scientists, and historiographers, archaeographers, textologists, and art historians who are specialists in the study of medieval Russia, the Russian Empire, and the recent Soviet past. Another consolidating point was the research principles professed by the authors of the articles, which are based on a comprehensive analysis of documentary and narrative sources, both well-known and first introduced into scientific circulation.
Book Culture of Russian Orthodoxy
L.I. Zhurova
The Tale of Fortune, the “Wheel of Luck”, in the Russian Publicistic Writing of the 16th Century (Starets Filofey, Maximus the Greek, Metropolitan Daniil)
The author analyzes the writings of ecclesiastical writers, who disproved the concepts of mantic astrology and propagated the Christian idea of Divine Providence as a righteous action aimed at the good of humans and at prevention of the evil and of the “absolute human rule”. In Moscow Rus, stargazing (astrology) was actively spread in the first decades of the 17th century by Nikolay Bulev.
Publishing: 29/04/2020
How to cite: Zhurova L.I. The Tale of Fortune, the “Wheel of Luck”, in the Russian Publicistic Writing of the 16th Century (Starets Filofey, Maximus the Greek, Metropolitan Daniil) // Historical Courier, 2020, No. 2 (10), pp. 7–20. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2020/ISTKURIER-2020-2-01.pdf
Book Culture of Russian Orthodoxy
T.V. Panich
Afanasiy Kholmogorskiy in the Works of Ignatius Rimskiy-Korsakov (Creating an Image of an Intellectual Leader)
The interpersonal relations between the two prominent representatives of the Church and Russian written culture of the second half of the 17th century – Afanasiy Kholmogorskiy and Ignatius Rimskiy-Korsakov, who belonged to the community of Church writers from the Patriarch’s associates, were recorded in different sources, including their own writings.
Publishing: 29/04/2020
How to cite: Panich T.V. Afanasiy Kholmogorskiy in the Works of Ignatius Rimskiy-Korsakov (Creating an Image of an Intellectual Leader) // Historical Courier, 2020, No. 2 (10), pp. 21–32. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2020/ISTKURIER-2020-2-02.pdf
Book Culture of Russian Orthodoxy
A.I. Savin
Bible in the Soviet Union: the History of Import from Abroad, Publication and Distribution
This article focuses on the history of the religious literature, mostly the Bible, in the USSR during 1922–1991. The paper describes such political practice of the state as manipulation of religious organizations through strict control of import, publishing and distribution of religious literature in the Soviet Union.
Publishing: 29/04/2020
How to cite: Savin A.I. Bible in the Soviet Union: the History of Import from Abroad, Publication and Distribution // Historical Courier, 2020, No. 2 (10), рр. 33–50. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2020/ISTKURIER-2020-2-03.pdf
Book Culture of Russian Orthodoxy
N.P. Matkhanova, A.Yu. Borodikhin
New Source About the First Archaegraphic Expedition of the USSR Academy of Sciences to the Far East
A letter of the staff members of the Aarcheographic Commission of the USSR Academy of Sciences V. Pavlov-Silvansky and N. Samorukova from the first academic archeographic expedition to the Far East is published.
Publishing: 29/04/2020
How to cite: Matkhanova N.P., Borodikhin A.Yu. New Source About the First Archaegraphic Expedition of the USSR Academy of Sciences to the Far East // Historical Courier, 2020, No. 2 (10), pp. 51–61. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2020/ISTKURIER-2020-2-04.pdf
Historiography and Source Studies of the History of the Russian Orthodox Church
A.A. Brodnikov
Was the Church of Michael Malein Built in Yeniseisk in the 1620s? (On the Historiography of one Problem in the History of the City)
The article considers the reflection in the Siberian historiography of a particular case from the early history of Yeniseisk – whether the Church of Michael Malein was built in the Yeniseisk ostrog in the 1620s.
Publishing: 29/04/2020
How to cite: Brodnikov A.A. Was the Church of Michael Malein Built in Yeniseisk in the 1620s? (On the Historiography of one Problem in the History of the City) // Historical Courier, 2020, No. 2 (10), pp. 62–71. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2020/ISTKURIER-2020-2-05.pdf
Historiography and Source Studies of the History of the Russian Orthodox Church
E.N. Tumanik
“An Incident in the Aleutian Islands Which Happened in 1828” – Documents of the Irkutsk Clerical Consistory from the Archive of the Basnin Merchants
This article-publication introduces into scientific circulation a correspondence complex of the Siberian clergy of the first third of the 19th century.
Publishing: 29/04/2020
How to cite: Tumanik E.N. “An Incident in the Aleutian Islands Which Happened in 1828” – Documents of the Irkutsk Clerical Consistory from the Archive of the Basnin Merchants // Historical Courier, 2020, No. 2 (10), pp. 72–83. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2020/ISTKURIER-2020-2-06.pdf
Historiography and Source Studies of the History of the Russian Orthodox Church
S.G. Petrov
The Transition of the Valaam Monastery to a New Calendar Style as Covered in the Diary of Hieromonk Pamva (Ignatiev)
In the life of Orthodox churches, the past century was marked by the beginning of their transition in liturgical practice to a new calendar style. As is known, the Bolsheviks who seized power tried unsuccessfully to conduct a calendar reform in the Russian Orthodox Church in the 1920s.
Publishing: 29/04/2020
How to cite: Petrov S.G. The Transition of the Valaam Monastery to a New Calendar Style as Covered in the Diary of Hieromonk Pamva (Ignatiev) // Historical Courier, 2020, No. 2 (10), pp. 84–112. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2020/ISTKURIER-2020-2-07.pdf
History and Culture of the Old Believers
L.V. Titova
Messages of Andrey Pleshcheev and the Protopope Avvakum in the “Book” of Spiridon Potemkin (Text and Context)
Spiridon Potemkin was one of the educated scribes who opposed the “reformed” church and one of the first leaders of the Old Believer resistance. The main work of Spiridon Potemkin is his “Book” on faith issues, consisting of his Words, which the defenders of the Old Believe used in order to shape their ideology.
Publishing: 29/04/2020
How to cite: Titova L.V. Messages of Andrey Pleshcheev and the Protopope Avvakum in the “Book” of Spiridon Potemkin (Text and Context) // Historical Courier, 2020, No. 2 (10), pp. 113–123. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2020/ISTKURIER-2020-2-08.pdf
History and Culture of the Old Believers
N.S. Gurianova
How the Old Believers of the Vyg Community Attemped to Implement a Project for Writing Historical Works
In this article the Preface and the table of contents for the essay “The Mirror of Antiquity, showing the entire history in summary...” from the manuscript of the BAN, collection of Druzhinin, No. 114 (145) is published. The collection was compiled and partially written at the end of 1744–1759 by the leader of Old Believers community Manuil Petrov.
Publishing: 29/04/2020
How to cite: Gurianova N.S. How the Old Believers of the Vyg Community Attemped to Implement a Project for Writing Historical Works // Historical Courier, 2020, No. 2 (10), pp. 124–130. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2020/ISTKURIER-2020-2-09.pdf
History and Culture of the Old Believers
O.D. Zhuravel
Andrei Borisov – Old Believer writer of the Enlightenment
The article is based on the writings of Andrei Borisov, an Old Believer, head of the Vyg community from 1780 to 1791. The article is devoted to the problem of the connection of Old Believer culture with the general Russian cultural context. The author develops a view of Andrei Borisov as a person who, according to R.O. Crammey, “lived in two cultural worlds”.
Publishing: 29/04/2020
How to cite: Zhuravel O.D. Andrei Borisov – Old Believer writer of the Enlightenment // Historical Courier, 2020, No. 2 (10), pp. 131–144. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2020/ISTKURIER-2020-2-10.pdf
History and Culture of the Old Believers
N.A. Starukhin
“Standard Cleanly Medieval Obscurantism” (to the History of One Neokruzhnichesk’s of Educational Project of Belokrinitsky Old Believers)
The paper introduces in scientific circulation a previously unstudied writing titled ‘About the needs of the Old Believer world’. It was written by an unknown author who was a member of a radical Neokruzhnik group of the Belokrinitsky Agreement or ‘Austrian Agreement’ after 1901.
Publishing: 29/04/2020
How to cite: Starukhin N.A. “Standard Cleanly Medieval Obscurantism” (to the History of One Neokruzhnichesk’s of Educational Project of Belokrinitsky Old Believers) // Historical Courier, 2020, No. 2 (10), pp. 145–157. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2020/ISTKURIER-2020-2-11.pdf
History and Culture of the Old Believers
T.G. Kazantseva
About the Eternity of “Angelic God-inspired” Singing: Based on the Materials of the Polemic Collection of Old Believers Stranniky (Wanderers) “Izumrud” (“Emerald”)
The article gives a reconstruction of the system of musical and aes-thetic representations of one of the factions of the Russian Old Believers – Stranniky (wanderers). The reconstruction is based on the materials of the polemic collection “Emerald”, compiled by the fathers of this community in the 1910s.
Publishing: 29/04/2020
How to cite: Kazantseva T.G. About the Eternity of “Angelic God-inspired” Singing: Based on the Materials of the Polemic Collection of Old Believers Stranniky (Wanderers) “Izumrud” (“Emerald”) // Historical Courier, 2020, No. 2 (10), pp. 158–168. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2020/ISTKURIER-2020-2-12.pdf
Power and the Church in the Russian Empire
M.V. Pulkin
Law Enforcement Agencies and the Clergy in the 19th – early 20th Centuries: Coordination Problems (Based on Materials from the Olonets Province)
The article is devoted to the problems of interaction between the clergy and the police. The source base includes judicial investigation records from the fonds of the Consistory and the police department, as well as Russian legislation. It was revealed that in the daily cooperation of the officers of the law and clergy, a number of significant directions were formed along which coordination of efforts took place.
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How to cite: Pulkin M.V. Law Enforcement Agencies and the Clergy in the 19th – early 20th Centuries: Coordination Problems (Based on Materials from the Olonets Province) // Historical Courier, 2020, No. 2 (10), pp. 169–178. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2020/ISTKURIER-2020-2-13.pdf
Periodical Press in the History of the Russian Orthodox Church
I.S. Chernova
People from the Clergy in the Community of Siberian Journalists in the Second Half of the 19th – Early 20th Century
The professional community of Siberian journalists was formed in the second half of the XIX century. Representatives of various classes became employees of periodicals in Siberia. The purpose of this article is to analyze why people from the clergy began to cooperate with secular periodicals in Siberia, became their employees, editors, and publishers.
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How to cite: Chernova I.S. People from the Clergy in the Community of Siberian Journalists in the Second Half of the 19th – Early 20th Century // Historical Courier, 2020, No. 2 (10), pp. 179–193. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2020/ISTKURIER-2020-2-14.pdf
Periodical Press in the History of the Russian Orthodox Church
A.A. Staryshkina
“We Will not be able to Kill the Searching for God into Ourselves”: Religion Discourse of Ego-Documents of Russian Women-Journalists of Second Half 19th – Early 20th Centuries
Religious discourse of ego-documents of Russian women-journalists of second half 19th – early 20th centuries is characterized in the article. Memoirs of women-journalists is a main historical source of this article. Religious discourse was localized into ego-documents around such issues as upbringing and educating the childhood, events of Orthodox calendar and church’s ceremonies.
Publishing: 29/04/2020
How to cite: Staryshkina A.A. “We Will not be able to Kill the Searching for God into Ourselves”: Religion Discourse of Ego-Documents of Russian Women-Journalists of Second Half 19th – Early 20th Centuries // Historical Courier, 2020, No. 2 (10), pp. 194–206. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2020/ISTKURIER-2020-2-15.pdf
Periodical Press in the History of the Russian Orthodox Church
A.I. Mramornov
The Publications of the Future Members of the Local Church Council (1917–1918) in the Pages of the Diocese Newspaper “Fraternal Leaflet” (1904–1912)
The brief report is the result of the author’s research of ecclesiastical newspaper “Fraternal Leaflet” (1904–1912, Saratov), revealing the publications of the future Local Council 1917–1918’s members on its pages. Founded by the future Council’s member bishop Hermogen (Dolganov), this newspaper is indeed a unique complex of sources.
Publishing: 29/04/2020
How to cite: Mramornov A.I. The Publications of the Future Members of the Local Church Council (1917–1918) in the Pages of the Diocese Newspaper “Fraternal Leaflet” (1904–1912) // Historical Courier, 2020, No. 2 (10), pp. 207–214. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2020/ISTKURIER-2020-2-16.pdf
Periodical Press in the History of the Russian Orthodox Church
N.A. Beliakova
“And the Priest Becomes a Good Guest in Soviet Society...”: Religious Life in Moscow and the Moscow Oblast’ in the Spring of 1990 in the Description of A.E. Levitin-Krasnov
The publication focuses on one of the last texts of Anatoly Levitin-Krasnov, written after his visit to Moscow in April 1990. Forced to emigrate from the Soviet Union in 1976, the Orthodox writer, human rights activist and socialist Anatoly Levitin-Krasnov turned from an active participant of religious life in the Soviet Union and Cold War activist to a passive observer on the other side of the iron curtain.
Publishing: 29/04/2020
How to cite: Beliakova N.A. “And the Priest Becomes a Good Guest in Soviet Society...”: Religious Life in Moscow and the Moscow Oblast’ in the Spring of 1990 in the Description of A.E. Levitin-Krasnov // Historical Courier, 2020, No. 2 (10), pp. 215–225. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2020/ISTKURIER-2020-2-17.pdf
![The Mysteries of 18th Century Russian “Revolutions”: Political and Military Aspects. – Book Review: Kurukin, I.V. (2019). Epokha “Dvorskikh Bur”. Ocherki Politicheskoi Istorii Poslepetrovskoi Rossii (1725–1762 gg.) [The Epoch of “Court Storms”. Essays on the Political History of Post-Petrine Russia (1725–1762)]. St. Petersburg, Nauka. 757 p.](/en/../images/Data/2020-02/2020-2-18z.png "The Mysteries of 18th Century Russian “Revolutions”: Political and Military Aspects. – Book Review: Kurukin, I.V. (2019). Epokha “Dvorskikh Bur”. Ocherki Politicheskoi Istorii Poslepetrovskoi Rossii (1725–1762 gg.) [The Epoch of “Court Storms”. Essays on the Political History of Post-Petrine Russia (1725–1762)]. St. Petersburg, Nauka. 757 p.")
World of Books
A.V. Dmitriev
The Mysteries of 18th Century Russian “Revolutions”: Political and Military Aspects. – Book Review: Kurukin, I.V. (2019). Epokha “Dvorskikh Bur”. Ocherki Politicheskoi Istorii Poslepetrovskoi Rossii (1725–1762 gg.) [The Epoch of “Court Storms”. Essays on the Political History of Post-Petrine Russia (1725–1762)]. St. Petersburg, Nauka. 757 p.
The reviewed monograph, published by I.V. Kurukin, presents the author’s concept of the political history of Russia in the 18th century, specifically, the period that was called in historiography “the epoch of palace coups” (1725–1762).
Publishing: 29/04/2020
How to cite: Dmitriev A.V. The Mysteries of 18th Century Russian “Revolutions”: Political and Military Aspects. – Book Review: Kurukin, I.V. (2019). Epokha “Dvorskikh Bur”. Ocherki Politicheskoi Istorii Poslepetrovskoi Rossii (1725–1762 gg.) [The Epoch of “Court Storms”. Essays on the Political History of Post-Petrine Russia (1725–1762)]. St. Petersburg, Nauka. 757 p. // Historical Courier, 2020, No. 2 (10), pp. 226–231. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2020/ISTKURIER-2020-2-18.pdf
![“Rightness of Soul, Purity of Heart Have More Value and Dignity than All the Wealth and Treasures of the World”. – Book Review: Boyko V.P., Esipova V.A., Sitnikova E.V. Iz Naslediya Sibirskogo Chinovnika A.M. Gorokhova: Zapiski “Zalog, ili Nravstvennoe Zerkalo” [From the Heritage of the Siberian Official A.M. Gorokhov: notes “Pledge or Moral Mirror”]. Tomsk: Izd-vo Tomsk. gos. archit.-stroit. un-ta, 2019. 172 p. + 36 p. fig.](/en/../images/Data/2020-02/2020-2-19z.png "“Rightness of Soul, Purity of Heart Have More Value and Dignity than All the Wealth and Treasures of the World”. – Book Review: Boyko V.P., Esipova V.A., Sitnikova E.V. Iz Naslediya Sibirskogo Chinovnika A.M. Gorokhova: Zapiski “Zalog, ili Nravstvennoe Zerkalo” [From the Heritage of the Siberian Official A.M. Gorokhov: notes “Pledge or Moral Mirror”]. Tomsk: Izd-vo Tomsk. gos. archit.-stroit. un-ta, 2019. 172 p. + 36 p. fig.")
World of Books
E.V. Komleva
“Rightness of Soul, Purity of Heart Have More Value and Dignity than All the Wealth and Treasures of the World”. – Book Review: Boyko V.P., Esipova V.A., Sitnikova E.V. Iz Naslediya Sibirskogo Chinovnika A.M. Gorokhova: Zapiski “Zalog, ili Nravstvennoe Zerkalo” [From the Heritage of the Siberian Official A.M. Gorokhov: notes “Pledge or Moral Mirror”]. Tomsk: Izd-vo Tomsk. gos. archit.-stroit. un-ta, 2019. 172 p. + 36 p. fig.
A review of the notes by a Siberian official of the end of the 18th – first third of the 19th century, Alexander Mikhailovich Gorokhov, published by Tomsk historians in 2019, is presented.
Publishing: 29/04/2020
How to cite: Komleva E.V. “Rightness of Soul, Purity of Heart Have More Value and Dignity than All the Wealth and Treasures of the World”. – Book Review: Boyko V.P., Esipova V.A., Sitnikova E.V. Iz Naslediya Sibirskogo Chinovnika A.M. Gorokhova: Zapiski “Zalog, ili Nravstvennoe Zerkalo” [From the Heritage of the Siberian Official A.M. Gorokhov: notes “Pledge or Moral Mirror”]. Tomsk: Izd-vo Tomsk. gos. archit.-stroit. un-ta, 2019. 172 p. + 36 p. fig. // Historical Courier, 2020, No. 2 (10), pp. 232–241. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2020/ISTKURIER-2020-2-19.pdf