Krievu vecticībnieku sociālais tēls Latvijas periodiskajā presē 1920.–1930. gados
Portrayal of Social Identity of Russian Old Believers in Latvian Periodicals in the 1920s–1930s

Summary/Abstract: Quest for the collective identity of the dominant nation and other ethnic groups was manifested in Latvian interwar society. Russian Old Believers differed in that they represented not only an ethnic minority but also a particular religious group within their ethnic minority, thus separating themselves from the rest of society. An independent way of life of Old Believers and their desire to maintain the homogeneity of their community on the one hand, and active political and social activity, on the other hand, provide unique research material to examine the process of inclusion of a group in a newly formed country. Social image building is an essential part of this process. With the help of qualitative content analysis, the author has examined more than a hundred articles published in Latvian, Latgalian and Russian from national and regional periodicals that actively contributed to the formation of the social image of Old Believers. The directions of stereotyping the social image of Old Believers, their formation and development in the environment of non-Old Believers have been revealed, determining the depen dence of public opinion on personal experience and external conditions.

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