Kotov, P. P., Rozhina, A. V. ORTHODOX BROTHERHOODS IN THE VOLOGDA PROVINCE IN THE LATE XIX – EARLY XX CENTURY: QUANTITY AND TYPES. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2022;44(8):57–65. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2022.835


Russian history

ORTHODOX BROTHERHOODS IN THE VOLOGDA PROVINCE IN THE LATE XIX – EARLY XX CENTURY: QUANTITY AND TYPES

Kotov
P. P. 		Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Rozhina
A. V. 		Syktyvkar State University of Pitirim Sorokin
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Вологодская губерния
штатные и заштатные монастыри
приписные обители
общежительные и необщежительные монастыри		 Summary: The relevance of considering changes in the policy towards monasteries is determined by their important role in imperial Russia and the possibility of taking this experience into account at the present stage. The aim is to clarify the status of Orthodox monasteries, the process of restoring some of them and converting male monasteries into female ones. The goal is achieved within the framework of the “center – periphery” concept. Diocesan-provincial, and central ecclesiastical and secular authorities, and a combination of them, could act as the “center”. Generally accepted scientific methods are also used: comparative, analytical, historical-typological and others. On the basis of archival and published sources, the quantitative and typical characteristics (including the system of subordination and the specifics of the statutory activities) of the Orthodox monasteries of the Vologda province in the period from late feudalism to the beginning of the First World War are analyzed. According to the reform of 1764, many monastic monasteries in Russia were closed, and the remaining ones were divided into regular and minor ones. Only regular monasteries received funding, and very rarely – minor monasteries. In the Vologda province, 12 monasteries became regular and nine became minor, while in Russia as a whole, most of the monasteries turned out to be out of the states. Since the beginning of the XIX century, five monastic monasteries have been recreated in the Vologda province. Then the status of some monasteries changed, including within the framework of the feminization of monasteries. A new convent was built in the province and three male monasteries were transformed into women’s ones. The condition of women’s monasteries was much more stable than the male ones. In the province, the two most successful monasteries were cenobitic and remained outside the framework of the usual types of monasteries. In general, the dynamics of the number and types of monasteries in the Vologda province had both similarities and differences with respect to similar processes in Russia.



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