Open AccessOn Anna Stepanova, a Peasant from the Kostroma Uyezd, Revered as the Theotokos
Author(s) -
Xenia Sergazina
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
gosudarstvo, religiâ, cerkovʹ v rossii i za rubežom
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.161
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2073-7211
pISSN - 2073-7203
DOI - 10.22394/2073-7203-2020-38-3-63-83
Subject(s) - peasant , synod , state (computer science) , history , law , ancient history , sociology , classics , political science , algorithm , computer science
This paper examines the eighteenth-century Kostroma Christ-believers’ community. It is based on the 1747 police investigation case against the merchant Ivan Krupennikov, held in the Fund of the Most Holy Synod at the Russian State Historical Archive. One of the important figures in the case was Anna Stepanova, a peasant from the Kostroma district, revered as the Theotokos. The paper introduces new archival materials and describes some religious practices of heterodox communities in eighteenth-century town of Kostroma.