{"title":"Secret Monastic Communities of the Soviet Period: Problems of Typology","authors":"A. L. Beglov","doi":"10.1134/s101933162307002x","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>This article is aimed to continue the development of a typology of secret monastic communities of the Soviet period. The existing systematizations of the forms of monasteries and the monastic life of the Russian Middle Ages and imperial period are discussed in detail. The development of a typology of the monastic underground in the Soviet Union is considered as one of the stages in the search for explanations for the diversity of forms of this phenomenon. Attention is drawn to the fact that secret communities differed not only in terms of “objective” features (for example, in terms of gender or age composition) but also in terms of “subjective” features, for example, regarding the position of their leaders and members in relation to church divisions or in relation to the admission of new members. Accordingly, the question can be raised about the reasons for the formation of specific positions, about the reasons for the choice of certain strategies of behavior by the monks of the Soviet period, and about the intellectual attitudes that stood behind these strategies. It is concluded that the position in relation to the admission of new members, or the <i>openness</i> vs. <i>closeness</i> of secret monastic communities was one of their key characteristics, which determined their other, including “objective,” parameters.</p>","PeriodicalId":56335,"journal":{"name":"Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"103","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s101933162307002x","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This article is aimed to continue the development of a typology of secret monastic communities of the Soviet period. The existing systematizations of the forms of monasteries and the monastic life of the Russian Middle Ages and imperial period are discussed in detail. The development of a typology of the monastic underground in the Soviet Union is considered as one of the stages in the search for explanations for the diversity of forms of this phenomenon. Attention is drawn to the fact that secret communities differed not only in terms of “objective” features (for example, in terms of gender or age composition) but also in terms of “subjective” features, for example, regarding the position of their leaders and members in relation to church divisions or in relation to the admission of new members. Accordingly, the question can be raised about the reasons for the formation of specific positions, about the reasons for the choice of certain strategies of behavior by the monks of the Soviet period, and about the intellectual attitudes that stood behind these strategies. It is concluded that the position in relation to the admission of new members, or the openness vs. closeness of secret monastic communities was one of their key characteristics, which determined their other, including “objective,” parameters.
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Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences provides a broad coverage of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ activities. It publishes original works, surveys, speeches, and discussions with participation of the members of Russian Academy of Sciences, leading scientists in Russia and worldwide and presents various viewpoints on important subjects related to all fields of science. The journal addresses the questions of scientist’s role in society and the role of scientific knowledge in the modern world.