Transformace identity staroobřadníků ve státech Pobaltí (Lotyšsko a Estonsko) a Rumunsku [Transformation of the identity of old-believers in the Baltic states (Latvia and Estonia) and Romania]

Abstract

This article deals with the situation of religious groups of Russian old-believers in two Baltic states (Latvia and Estonia) and Romania. The article is devoted to the results of field research, which is based on a comparison of the minority in the three states in terms of language, religion and ethnicity. The article deals with the transformation of the original identity of old- believers and explains the origin and history of old-believers in three countries.

Keywords

• old-believers
• identity transformation
• religious group
• ethnic group
• Romania
• Latvia
• Estonia