Problems of Exploring the Phenomenon of “Brotherhood” in Contemporary Historical Studies

Abstract

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
• историография
• история братств
• православные братства
• история церкви
• западнорусские братства
• братства в российской империи