Эвалюцыя тоеснасці і культуры старавераў паўночнай Беларусі, канец XІX – пачатак XXІ стагоддзя
Self-Identity and Culture of Northern Belarusian Orthodox Old Believers in Late 19th – early 21th Centuries

Summary/Abstract: The article examines different models of development of the Orthodox Old Believers identity in Belarus in the 19th – 21st centuries. Based on the first 1897 census of the Russian Empire population and on the basis of modern ethnographic expeditions, the author tries to identify the current cultural situation and in particular the identity of the Old Believers in North Belarus. Given the Census data and ethnic history author notes different, sometimes contradictory tendencies in the development of their culture and identity: acculturation, assimilation, contra-acculturation and syncreticism.

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