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Old Russia in Modern America : Russian Old Believers in Alaska by Alexander Dolitsky (2007, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherAlaska-Siberia Research Center

ISBN-100965389154

ISBN-139780965389150

eBay Product ID (ePID)66594098

Product Key Features

Number of Pages64 Pages

LanguageRussian

Publication NameOld Russia in Modern America : Russian Old Believers in Alaska

Publication Year2007

SubjectChristianity / Denominations, General, Sociology of Religion

TypeTextbook

AuthorAlexander Dolitsky

Subject AreaReligion, Social Science

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight11.2 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

IllustratedYes

SynopsisPersecution by the Russian tsarist government forced Old Believers into remote and undeveloped areas, where they quietly continued to practice the old rituals, periodically moving when threats of persecution caught up with them again. Several of these groups migrated to the United States in the 1960s, settling in rural areas of Oregon and Alaska. Their obedience to pre-17th century ways places them in conspicuous contrast and often conflict to other residents of their new locations. At the same time, elders complain that contact with modern American culture is threatening the loyalty and discipline of their members, especially the younger ones. Despite tendencies toward acculturation and culture change in some aspects of their present existence, however, they continue to a large degree to observe the old ways in many cultural domains.This research is a brief ethnohistoric survey of the people who became religious refugees and who have struggled for the past 300 years to maintain and protect their traditional and religious values. This book describes Russian Old Believers? present way of life in Alaska.