OLD BELIEVERS’ SATIRICAL COMPOSITION “HELLISH NEWSPAPER” IN ASSESSMENTS GIVEN BY A. S. PRUGAVIN AND A. N. AFANSYEV Cover Image

СТАРООБРЯДЧЕСКОЕ САТИРИЧЕСКОЕ СОЧИНЕНИЕ «АДСКАЯ ГАЗЕТА» В ОЦЕНКАХ А. Н. АФАНАСЬЕВА И А. С. ПРУГАВИНА*
OLD BELIEVERS’ SATIRICAL COMPOSITION “HELLISH NEWSPAPER” IN ASSESSMENTS GIVEN BY A. S. PRUGAVIN AND A. N. AFANSYEV

Author(s): Natalia Yurievna Kuznetsova
Subject(s): History
Published by: Петрозаводский государственный университет
Keywords: A. S. Prugavin; A. N. Afanasjev; Russian spiritual folk verses; “Hellish newspaper” (“Adskaya Gazeta”); the Old Believers’ literature

Summary/Abstract: Contribution of the famous pre-revolutionary researcher of the old belief A. S. Prugavin into the study of the folk satirical work “Hellish newspaper” (“Adskaya Gazeta”) is assessed. There are two versions of the work: the Orthodox and the Old Believers’ version. A. S. Prugavin analyzed the text of this work using two lists, which were published by A. N. Afanasyev for the fi rst time in the middle of the XIX century. The researcher highlighted the key points of the work based on which the work can be identifi ed as an Old Believers’ satire.