The Old Believers in Imperial Russia : Oppression, Opportunism and Religious Identity in Tsarist Moscow.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (281 pages)
- Library of Modern Russia Series .
- Library of Modern Russia Series .
Cover -- Author Biography -- Library of Modern Russia -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Transliteration and Dates -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Overview -- Russia's Spiritual Development before the Raskol -- The Old Believers' Defense of their Faith -- The Rogozhskoe Old Believers and their Community -- A Note on Sources -- 1. Old Believers and the Opportunities of Imperial Russia -- Introduction -- Opportunity Arises -- The Conflict over Old Believer Identity -- Rogozhskoe Cemetery's Founding and First Decades -- The Rogozhskoe Old Believers and the Reimagining of Moscow, 1812-25 -- Rogozhskoe as a Center of the Old Rite -- Conclusion -- 2. Faith and Identity Under Siege, 1822-56 -- Targeting the Old Rite -- The Rogozhskoe Old Believers and the Founding of the Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy -- Divide and Conquer -- Conclusion -- 3. Rogozhskoe in the Reform Era, 1856-1905 -- Redefining the Old Rite in Rogozhskoe Cemetery -- Community and Order in Rogozhskoe's Holy Moscow, 1856-1905 -- The Rogozhskoe Old Believers and the Era of Reform -- A Community of Loyal Old Believers -- Conclusion -- 4. A New Beginning, 1905-17 -- "Now we have a Church!" -- Rogozhskoe after Religious Toleration -- Governing the Community -- Rogozhskoe as a Spiritual Center after Toleration -- Rogozhskoe's New Generation -- Rogozhskoe and the Efforts to Define the Old Rite after 1905 -- Conclusion -- Epilogue and Conclusion Tragedy and New Challenges -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.