title: Orthodox samizdat in Chuvashia in the 1960s–1980s
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metadata.value: Berman, Andrew G.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-09-03T17:58:40Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-09-03T17:58:40Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-03
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metadata.value: Berman A. G. Orthodox samizdat in Chuvashia in the 1960s–1980s. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2021, vol. 37, issue 1, pp. 162–175.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2021.113
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/33043
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metadata.value: The article is devoted to the phenomenon of Orthodox church samizdat in the second half of the
  20th century. The term Orthodox samizdat used in this article refers to a set of texts reproduced
  in an artisanal way and distributed in church goers circle without the sanction of the church or
  secular authorities. In the conditions of Soviet reality, the church circles were a deep periphery
  of public life and was formed from the marginalized or those pushed out by the Soviet authorities
  to the social margins. The specific position of church people in the USSR determined the
  repertoire of samizdat texts and their ideological orientation. The source base for this article
  was formed by a large library of church samizdat left after the death of Elizabeth Feodorovna
  Zakharova, an active parishioner of the Vvedensky Cathedral in Cheboksary. Zakharova was a
  typical representative of the church goers. The article reviews the genres of works that were available
  as the samizdat in Zakharova’s library: liturgical texts, artisan copies of pre-revolutionary publications, spiritual verses, thematic collections, folklore, apologetic literature, eschatological
  and conspiralogical texts, etc. One of the peculiarities of the existence of Orthodox samizdat in
  Chuvashia was that many texts circulated in translations into the Chuvash language. Among
  the features of Cheboksary samizdat is the replication of the prosaic translation of John Milton’s
  poems “Paradise Lost” and “Paradise Regained”. Church samizdat performed a number of important
  functions in church circles: it solved the problem of demand for liturgical and doctrinal
  literature in deficit conditions, shared uncensored texts, rallied church people and could be a
  source of additional income. In general, church samizdat was an important part of the culture
  of the church circle during the Soviet era. The spelling and punctuation features of the original
  unpublished sources are preserved in the article when cited.
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metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 37; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: samizdat
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Orthodoxy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: church goers circle
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: religious folklore
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: USSR
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Chuvashia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Cheboksary
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: history
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: 20th century
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Orthodox samizdat in Chuvashia in the 1960s–1980s
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metadata.value: Article
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