Orthodox missionary activity and the development of Siberia and the Far East
A.N. GUNYA1,2, O.I. MARKOVA1,2
1Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
2Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Keywords: developing of the territories, Orthodox missionary work, Russian Orthodox Church, mapping, Atlas of Asian Russia
Abstract
The article examines the history of missionary development in Siberia and the Russian Far East from the late 16th to the early 20th centuries. Orthodox missionary activity of ascetics and saints significantly influenced the structuring of the entire space of Russia, contributed to the emergence of new areas, development centers and transport axes. In the developed areas, a symbiosis of religion and economy arose, reflected in the unique features of the sacred cultural landscape. A map of Orthodox missionary work in Siberia and the Russian Far East, as well as in adjacent foreign territories (China, Japan, Mongolia, Korea, etc.) has been compiled. The map shows the centers of missionary distribution in different time periods, educational institutions with missionary programs, places of activity of the most famous missionaries, as well as spiritual missions (Altai, Kyrgyz, Daurian, Kamchatka, Mongolian, Beijing, Korean, Japanese, Kodiak).
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