E. Teryukova, N. Alferova. THE ARCHIVES OF E. M. SHILLING FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE STATE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF RELIGION AS A SOURCE FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGIOSITY IN THE CAUCASUS REGION IN 1930S

E. Teryukova

State Museum of the History of Religion; St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

E-mail: eaterioukova@mail.ru

N. Alferova

National Research University “Higher School of Economics”, St. Petersburg, Russia

E-mail: nalferova@hse.ru

THE ARCHIVES OF E. M. SHILLING FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE STATE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF RELIGION AS A SOURCE FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGIOSITY IN THE CAUCASUS REGION IN 1930S

Abstract. The article is aimed at reviewing the archival materials of the prominent Russian specialist in Caucasian studies Evgeniy Mikhailovich Shilling (1892—1953) that are currently stored in the Scientific and Historical Archive of the StateMuseum of the History of Religion. In total they represent a complete block of field observations made by the researcher during his trips to the Caucasus in 1929—1940. These observations were aimed at registering the current state of religiosity of the peoples of Dagestan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Nagorny Karabakh. They also shed light on a new page of the life of this remarkable scholar connected to his collaboration with the Central Anti‑Religious Museum in Moscow, and to the period of his expeditionary activity — 1930s. Unlike his expeditionary period of 1940s, the previous decade of his activities has not become the subject of the thorough study till now.

Keywords: history of religion in the Caucasus, the archives of Russian specialist in Caucasian studies Evgeniy Mikhailovich Shilling, the StateMuseum of the History of Religion

Acknowledgment. The publication was prepared with the support of the grant of Russian Science Foundation No. 16‑18‑10083 “The Study of Religion in Social and Cultural Context of the Epoch: the History Religious Studies and Intellectual History of Russia 19th — first half of 20th century”

DOI: 10.31250/1238-5018-2019-25-1-64-72

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Received by the Editorial Board: 2.11.2018