Orthodoxy in Western China and Central Asia: Historical Background

The author discusses the prehistory of the spread of Orthodoxy among the residents of Western China that was inextricably linked to the policy of Russia in Central Asia in the second half of the 19th century and traces the first missionary projects carried out in Ghulja (1851) among the descendants...

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Main Author: Irina Yu. Smirnova
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2023-03-01
Series:RUDN Journal of Russian History
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Online Access:https://journals.rudn.ru/russian-history/article/viewFile/33899/21774