Natalia Ignatovich, Secretary of the Department of Church History, St Philaret’s Institute (Moscow)
pp. 13–22
DOI: 10.25803/26587599_2017_21_13
The author focuses on to what extent the actual historical studies cover the activities of Orthodox brotherhoods that arose in the Russian Empire since the second half of the XIX century. The article highlights the controversial and understudied issues in the given field of historical studies. The promising areas for further re- search are also outlined.
Keywords: historiography, history of brotherhoods, Orthodox brotherhoods, church history, West-Russian brotherhood, brotherhoods in the Russian Empire.