2026. Vol. 48. No 6


EDITORIAL NOTE


Krivonozhenko A.Editorial note7

HISTORIOGRAPHY, SOURCE STUDIES, METHODS OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH


Smirnova A.THE DEATH OF MIRZA HAIDAR DUGHLAT: THE MANUSCRIPT EVENTS OF KASHMIR AND THE PROBLEM OF HISTORIOGRAPHICAL DISCREPANCIES8 - 14

RUSSIAN HISTORY


Kazakova K.THE FIRST BENEFACTOR OF THE PECHENGA MONASTERY, OR THE STORY OF PAVEL ZUBOV’S SPIRITUAL TESTAMENT15 - 21
Bogacheva K.SOVIET KARELIA’S SISTER CITY TIES IN DOCUMENTS AND PARTICIPANTS’ RECOLLECTIONS22 - 31
Shutas P.SOVIET HOLIDAYS IN THE 1920s AND 1930s AS AN INSTRUMENT OF DOMESTIC POLICY (a case study of the Kola North)32 - 42

MARKING THE 800TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BAPTISM OF THE KARELIANS


Ilyukha O.CREATION OF STUDY BOOKS FOR KARELIANS IN THE CONTEXT OF ORTHODOX ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE XIX AND EARLY XX CENTURIES43 - 51
Vavulinskaya L.RELIGIOUS RITUALISM OF THE ORTHODOX POPULATION OF KARELIA BETWEEN THE MID-1940s AND 1960s52 - 61
Dubrovskaya E.THE RELIGIOUS FACTOR WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL CHANGES IN BORDER KARELIA DURING THE EARLY XX CENTURY62 - 72
Konkka A.NOTES ON KARELIAN FOLK ORTHODOXY: WORSHIP CROSSES OF THE WHITE SEA KARELIA73 - 82
Pulkin M.CHURCH SINGING IN THE ORTHODOX PARISHES OF THE OLONETS EPARCHY BETWEEN THE LATE XVIII AND EARLY XX CENTURIES83 - 91

ETHNOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY


Busyreva E.METHODS OF WORK WITH FIELD SOURCES IN STUDYING FAMILY HISTORY92 - 102

DISCUSSIONS


Shirobokov I.SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET: A FINNISH CEMETERY AS A SOURCE OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL DATA103 - 107

REVIEWS


Nikitin O.The book review: Bol’shakova, N. V. (ed.). Travel notes as a source of knowledge of the Russian province: Pskov Region in the XIX century through the eyes travelers108 - 111
Solovyev A.The book review: Kolgushkina, N. V. “Color of the family so dear to me”: Photo album of the Sreznevsky dynasty.112 - 114

ANNIVERSARIES


Verigin S.Celebrating the 75th anniversary of Vladislav I. Goldin115 - 117