scholarly journals Scientific Atheism of the Era of “Developed Socialism” in the Visual Arts: a Series of Decorative Panels “Soviet Way of Life” (1983–1986) from the Collection of the State Museum of the History of Religion

2019 ◽  
pp. 100-109
Author(s):  
Marianna M. Shakhnovich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
History Of Religion ◽  
Science Culture ◽  
State Museum ◽  
History Of ◽  
Scientific Atheism ◽  
The Village ◽  
Positive Content

The article deals with the history of the creation of a series of decorative panels “The Soviet way of life” (1983–1986) from the collection of the State Museum of the History of Religion, created by artists from the village Mstyora. The discussion on the essence of atheism, unfolded in the Soviet social science literature of the period of “developed socialism”, was indirectly reflected in the concept of the new Museum exhibition on the atheism in contemporary society. Some authors searched for the “positive” content of atheism, developing the so-called “theory of scientific atheism”, others, relying on the traditions of European free-thinking, considered atheism only a negation of theism and a feature of the materialistic worldview, suggesting searching for “positive” content not in atheism, but in science, culture and new civil traditions.

Scarab Amulet-Beads from 1st–2nd Century Children’s Burials at a Necropolis on the Iluraton Plateau, Eastern Crimea

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 51-59
Author(s):  
M. O. Tarasenko ◽  
Z. V. Khanutina
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
History Of Religion ◽  
State Museum ◽  
Eastern Crimea ◽  
History Of

We describe a group of Egyptian faience scarabs unearthed from the necropolis on the Iluraton Plateau, Eastern Crimea, by the expedition from the State Museum of the History of Religion (St. Petersburg) in 1987–1990. Artifacts made of so-called Egyptian faience were found in eight of the sixty-two burials—those of g irls aged below 1.5, dating to the 1st to early 2nd centuries AD. The most numerous among the faience items were beads in the form of scarabs. The analysis shows them to fall into three groups in terms of presence and nature of images on the reverse side: those without images (3 spec.), those with abstract images (3 spec.), and those with anthropo-zoomorphic images (2 spec.). In two cases, representations point to specifi c Egyptian workshops. Scarabs in girls’ burials of the Roman period elaborate on the thanatological imagery, which originated among the Scythian-Saka tribes of Eurasia in the mid-1st millennium BC.

scholarly journals V.D. Bonch-Bruyevich’s Archive in the State Museum of the History of Religion as a Source on the History of Church-State Relations after the Revolution of 1917

2019 ◽  
pp. 138-143
Author(s):  
Denis D. Pyzikov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
The State ◽  
Current Status ◽  
History Of Religion ◽  
State Museum ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
Church State Relations ◽  
State Relations ◽  
The Church

This article deals with the specifics of church-state relations after The Russian Revolution – an event that completely changed the world history, and in particular the history of the church. This theme is important not only for contribution of new facts and assessments to known data, but also for current status of the church, its relations with the authorities in the Russian Federation and the re-evaluation of the state heritage of the Soviet Union. Despite the sufficient amount of studies and sourcebooks, archive of V.D. BonchBruyevich at the State Museum of the History of Religion can provide new facts and documents to fill the gaps in history and re-evaluate certain events. The list of archival documents on the subject consists of decrees, personal correspondence, appeals, and also periodicals. This group of documents hasn’t been the object of any study, as well as V.D. Bonch-Bruyevich’s archive in whole.

scholarly journals “Personal records of mullah Shamsutdinov” based on the materials of the State Museum of the History of Religion

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-103
Author(s):  
I. A. Osmanova
Keyword(s):  
Religious Life ◽  
The State ◽  
History Of Religion ◽  
State Museum ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
Visual Materials

This article describes the documents and visual materials dedicated to the socalled “Personal records of mullah Shamsutdinov”. The “Personal records” included archival documents of Moscow imams Khairetdin Ageev (1827–1913) and Abdullah Shamsutdinov (1878–1937), there also was the “Album” with engravings and clippings on an Oriental topic and personal belongings of Ageev-Shamsutdinov’s family. These rare and unique materials are kept in the State Museum of the History of Religion. Until recently, most of the materials have remained unknown and have never been published before. Thus, the submitted materials can be classifi ed as a source for the history of religious life of Muslims in Russia in the late XIX – early XX centuries.

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