essay
The importance of religion in the Soviet rural community
Soviet rural community • Urbana • Published In 1971 • Pages: 346-375
By: Dunn, Ethel.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Despite decades of hostile communist policies and campaigns aimed at eradicating the vestiges of the Russian Orthodox Church, religion continued to play important roles in the lives of farming households and rural communities. The author underscores three historical and political factors likely accounting for the continued relevance of traditional religious practices, including baptism, annual festivals, and agrarian magical rites. First, the Orthodox Church is deeply revered as symbol of Russian nationality and identity. Second, active participation in local church affairs and parish communities provided a relatively safe venue for challenging the power of local party officials. Third, rural women and young girls lived in marginal social spaces beyond the reach of anti-religion communist campaigns.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Economic planning and development
- Political parties
- General character of religion
- Religious experience
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Congregations
- Religious denominations
- Religious intolerance and martyrs
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Russians
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2018
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1917-1967
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Soviet Union
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ethel Dunn
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 70122913
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Agriculture and state--Soviet Union--Congresses
- Soviet Union--Rural conditions--Congresses