BOOK REVIEW: BUSHUEVA E.S. THE LEGACY OF THE NERCHINSK HOLY DORMITION MONASTERY: THE PARISH CHURCH AND ITS ABBOTS 1775-1930. (to the 300th anniversary of the monastery foundation) / Ed. by P.A. Novikov. - Irkutsk: IGU, 2016. 319 p., ill
A.Y. MAINICHEVA
Institute of Archeology and Ethnography SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Keywords: architecture, Assumption Church, Nerchinsk Holy Assumption Monastery, Nerchinsk, religious life in Siberia
Abstract
The monograph by E.S. Bushueva is devoted to the architecture peculiarities and origin of the Assumption Church of the Holy assumption Monastery, as well as the fate of people related to its activities. The monograph sources were documents deposited in the State Archives of the Trans-Baikal Region and National Archives of the Republic of Buryatia. The author’s attentive attitude to archival materials, their adequate interpretation made it possible to place the singular in the context of culture, to identify the general and the special. The research results indicate the fallacy of the view on the provincial abandonment of Siberian regions. In their historical period, many of them were outposts on the paths of development and advancement of Russia, modern ideas of architecture and art were embodied there, culturally significant buildings were created. The book, full of historical facts, evidence-based arguments, and the author’s reasoning, has become an important contribution to studying the religious life of Siberia.
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