Pilgrimage to orthodox holy sites in rural areas of Western Siberia of the end of XIX — the beginnings of the XXth centuries as sociocultural

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to study the phenomenon of pilgrimage to the holy places of rural areas of Western Siberia at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries. The chronological scope of the topic of the study is due primarily to the availability of major sources (pre-revolutionary secular and spiritual periodicals). The review is based on an elementary typology of pilgrimage objects divided into man-made (artificial) and natural). The study of man-made pilgrimage centers shows the priority popularization of visits to landmark places related to the constant storage or acquisition of particularly clean icons, their scale and mass content, and connection to the throne holidays. The fact of historical antiquity of the icon was not the main criterion for its inclusion in the category of the shrine. Consideration of the variety of pilgrims to natural Orthodox holy sites (keys, mountains, caves) in Western Siberia of this period shows their less mass, scale official (compared to previous ones), as well as gravity to the arrangement and patronage of foreign houses. The procedures for the official recognition by the church authorities of newly emerged shrines, primarily natural ones, were complex and meticulous.