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Colonizing Russia's promised land : Orthodoxy and community on the Siberian Steppe / Aileen Friesen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Friesen, Aileen, 1980- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Kazakhstan--History--19th century.
- Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ.
- Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--History--19th century.
- Church and state--Kazakhstan--History--19th century.
- Church and state.
- Church and state--Russia--Siberia--History--19th century.
- Kazakhstan--Colonization--History--19th century.
- Kazakhstan.
- Siberia (Russia)--Colonization--History--19th century.
- Siberia (Russia).
- Siberia (Russia)--Church history--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2020.
- Language Note:
- English.
- Summary:
- Russia's political elite promoted the colonization of Siberia as a means of transforming the Russian empire into an international economic power, making possible the exploitation of Siberia's resources, particularly its rich farmland. The state's invitation to resettle was readily accepted in many communities in European Russia. Millions of peasant-settlers trekked across the empire for the opportunity to find affordable land, a luxury that their villages could not offer. Friesen highlights the role of Orthodoxy as a cultural force in transforming Russia's imperial periphery through settler colonialism; the religious meaning ascribed by settlers, clergymen, and state officials to these new settlements and the surround territory; and the cracks of modern Russian society, which could not be glossed over by the nationalistic rhetoric of Orthodox-driven settler colonialsm.
- Contents:
- A Settler Diocese
- Churches as a National Project
- Parishes under Construction
- The Politics of Pastoring
- Living and Dying among Strangers
- An Anthill of Baptists in a Land of Muslims.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2024)
- ISBN:
- 9781487534554
- 1487534558
- 9781442624733
- 1442624736
- 9781487531553
- 1487531559
- OCLC:
- 1123192774
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
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