UDC

316.732+94(47=411.16)(045)

Authors

Komolyatova Anastasiya Nikolaevna
Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov (Arkhangelsk, Russia)

Abstract

The article studied the Jewish incorporation into the sociocultural space of small towns in the Arkhangelsk, Vologda and Olonets provinces in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The comparative historical research allowed us to identify historical peculiarities of this incorporation on the regional level. Research projects on the history of Jewry in the European North of Russia in the 19th – early 20th century pay much attention to identifying the role of community institutions as a mechanism of preserving the Jewish tradition, which is based on religious and ethic identity. Corporatism, being the main factor of community life, served as a consolidating factor for the Jewish people of different classes and professions. The ethnocultural space of western provinces of the Russian Empire, i.e. within the Pale of Settlement, gave Jews more opportunities for maintaining their traditional way of life. At the same time, the Jews living in the inner regions of Russia had to integrate more actively into the local ethnocultural space, find their own place in the social structure and economy as well as adopt linguistic models and cultural stereotypes of behaviour. All this facilitated a more successful adaptation of Jews to the socioeconomic, religious and cultural landscape of northern Russian provinces. Interacting with the native population and other ethnic and religious groups, the Jews, on the one hand, adhered to their traditional communities and, on the other hand, successfully incorporated into the merchant classes of the European North of Russia.

Keywords

Jewry, incorporation, ethnocultural space, provincial town, Northern Russia, acculturation, assimilation, missionary work, local communities

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