Factors Hindering Distribution of Orthodoxy among the Kazakhs in the second half of the XIX – early XX centuries


Факторы, препятствовавшие распространению православия среди казахов во второй половине XIX – начале XX веков
Sadvokassova Z.T. Kabuldinov Z.Ye. Lysenko Y.A.
1 December 2022Cherkas Global University Press

Bylye Gody
2022#17Issue 41759 - 1769 pp.

The article highlights certain factors that prevented the spread of Orthodoxy among the Kazakhs in the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries (on the basis of documentary sources, introduced into scientific circulation for the first time). The difficulties encountered in the activities of Orthodox missionaries were not always associated with indigenous population’s and Islam priests’ negative attitude towards the new religion. Often, the Kazakhs listened to the speeches of Orthodox preachers with interest and curiosity, and the preachers noticed this reaction of the nomads. Using this attitude, they focused on the points of interest in their enlightening conversation. Some obstacles in the way of the propaganda of Orthodoxy were created by Russian settlers, which the missionaries could not foresee at all. Russian officials of the colonial administration, for example, verbally supported the activities of Orthodox missionaries. In fact, quite often, they “forgot” about their promises when the missionary left the newly baptized alone with the official. A number of other factors associated with the difficulties of introducing Orthodoxy among the Kazakhs were also created by Russian settlers. These include some traditions regarding the use of alcoholic beverages. The article provides information about the other obstacles. Copyright

baptized Kazakhs , factors , Islam , missionaries , obstacle , obstacles , Orthodoxy , Russian settlers

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Ch.Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology, Kazakhstan
Altai State University, Russian Federation

Ch.Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology
Altai State University

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