Old Believer mentor Mitrofan Kozlov: a deserter for the salvation of the soul
https://doi.org/10.15829/2686-973X-2023-148
EDN: TKMNCH
Abstract
The article is devoted to the history of the participation of Old Believers in the Great Patriotic War and consecrates the little-studied issue of desertion for religious reasons. The article is based on the materials of field research conductedby the participants of the expedition of the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Archeographic Laboratory of the Faculty of History of Lomonosov Moscow State University among the Old Believers-"Bespopovtsy",residents of Kilinsk. The source base was audio records of interviews collected during field research in 2003-2015, focusing on the study of everyday religiosity. The article analyzes the case of Mitrofan Kondratievich Kozlov, a strict mentor of the community of Old Believers-"Bespopovtsy" of the chapel of concord from the Kemerovo region. Mitrofan Kondratievich built his whole life and the life of his family in accordance with his own understanding ofChristian rules and strict prohibitions.
About the Author
N. V. Litvina
Lomonosov Moscow State University; Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalia V. Litvina, Senior Researcher, Head of the Interdepartmental Archaeographic Laboratory, Faculty of History; Senior Researcher, Head of the Accounting and Preservation Department
Moscow
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Litvina N.V. Old Believer mentor Mitrofan Kozlov: a deserter for the salvation of the soul. Russian Journal of Church History. 2023;4(4):42-54. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15829/2686-973X-2023-148. EDN: TKMNCH
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