Book/Printed Material Irkutskai︠a︡ dukhovnai︠a︡ missii︠a︡ s 1861 po 1870 god. Иркутская духовная миссия с 1861 по 1870 год.
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Title
- Irkutskai︠a︡ dukhovnai︠a︡ missii︠a︡ s 1861 po 1870 god.
Other Title
- Иркутская духовная миссия с 1861 по 1870 год.
Translated Title
- The Irkutsk Spiritual Mission 1861-70.
Summary
- Presented here is a short book, published by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1870, which gives an overview of the work of the church's mission to Siberia during the 1860s. The mission was part of a drive by the church to Christianize the native peoples of Siberia in service of a wider effort by the Russian state to Russianize the territory. Many of the missionaries to Siberia were skilled linguists who translated Orthodox texts into local languages. The book was written by Parfeni (born Peter Tikhonovich Popov, 1811-73), archbishop of Irkutsk and Nerchinsk from 1860 to 1873. He established two missions and baptized 8,000 people, laying the groundwork for his successor, Veniamin (born Vasilii Antonovich Blagonravov, 1825-92), an influential missionary who saw the baptism of the local Buddhist population as critical for the Russification of Siberia. The book is preserved in the collections of the National Library of Russia in Saint Petersburg. It was digitized for the Meeting of Frontiers digital library project in the early 2000s. World Digital Library.
Names
- Popov, Peter Tikhonovich, 1811-1873 , author.
Headings
- - Missions
- - Russian Orthodox Church
- - Siberia
- - Russian Federation
- - Irkutsk Oblast
Notes
- - Iz Irk. Eparkh. Vedomosteĭ.
- - Original text at: National Library of Russia
- - Из Ирк. Епарх. Ведомостей.
Medium
- 84 pages ; 22 x 14 cm
Source Collection
- Rare Books from the National Library of Russia
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2018693977
Online Format
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