Portrait and Ideology

2019 ◽  
pp. 19-39
Author(s):  
Hannah Holtschneider
Keyword(s):  
Civil Law ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Religious Ideology ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Secular Society ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
East Prussia

This chapter introduces Rabbi Dr Salis Daiches and maps his migration from the Lithuanian part of the Russian Empire to East Prussia, Berlin and then Britain, arriving in Edinburgh in early 1919. His educational, linguistic and cultural voyage across Europe presents the context in which to analyse his religious ideology and outlook on life in a secular society. Daiches presented both an opportunity and a challenge for the Chief Rabbis under whose authority he served in various congregations across the United Kingdom. Daiches possessed the learning of an Eastern European rabbi and the eloquence of an English clergyman, and used these advantages at once to forge a bridge between residents and immigrants and to challenge the hegemony of the Chief Rabbi which he saw as ineffective outwith London’s United Synagogue. Thus, Daiches emerges as a case study that illustrates well the key issues in the debates about the bundling of religious authority in the Chief Rabbi and his court, the frustrations of immigrant rabbis whose religious training far surpassed that of the English Jewish ministers who excelled in preaching, and knowledge of civil law, but were embarrassed by their lack of halakhic competence.

scholarly journals The Last Decades of the Existence of the Kaunas Bernardine Nuns (1842–1864)

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-58
Author(s):  
Vaida Kamuntavičienė
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
Community Life ◽  
Holy Trinity ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
The Catholic Church

This article reveals the life of the Holy Trinity Bernardine nuns in Kaunas (Kowno) in the years 1842 to 1864, the worsening situation at the convent due to the Russian occupying government’s policy, the actual closure of the convent, and the fate of the nuns after the closure of their home. The study aims to show how daily life at the convent affected the Russian administration’s decisions regarding its material provision and particular nuns living there, how they were affected by the closure of St George’s Bernardine Friary in Kaunas which used to be the main supporter of the Bernardine nuns, and relations between the Bernardine nuns and the bishop. The author analyses difficulties in community life and problems adhering to the constitution, and reveals the general mood of the nuns. The research is based on correspondence between the Bernardine nuns, the bishop and the convent visitator, memoirs, and material from visitations. This case study of the Kaunas Bernardine nuns helps us gain a better understanding of the situation of the Catholic Church in the Russian Empire.

The Revolution of 1905 in the Baltic Provinces and Finland

Slavic Review ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toivo U. Raun
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Land Area ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
The Revolution

Historical studies of the Russian empire in upheaval in the first two decades of the twentieth century have tended to be animated by a narrow centralist bias or an equally narrow regional one. Although it is clear that the primary impulse for revolutionary situations in 1905 and 1917 resulted from events in St. Petersburg/Petrograd, a Russocentric approach to a society that was less than 50 percent Russian is surely inadequate. At the same time, studies of individual minority nationalities, however thorough, tend to view these groups in isolation. A comparative perspective, which could identify broader uniformities as well as local peculiarities, is usually lacking. In this article I shall present a synthesizing and comparative overview of the Revolution of 1905 in the Baltic Provinces and Finland. Although these areas constituted only 2 percent of the land area of the Russian empire and had less than 4 percent of its population in 1905,2 they were among the most modernized in the country, and their ethnic diversity and differing histories provide abundant material for a comparative case study.

SPIRITUAL CONSISTORY AS A CHURCH COURT FOR PARISH CLERGY IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 140-145
Author(s):  
Матвеева ◽  
Evgeniya Matveeva
Keyword(s):  
Russian Empire ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Russian State ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Corporate Character ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Parish Clergy ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
The Church

In the article gives the characteristic and the importance of the Spiritual Consistory as the highest church judicial body for the parish clergy in the Russian Empire based on the content of legislative acts regulating the activities of Orthodox Russian church periodicals, archival documents, as well as interpretations and perceptions of modern scientists. Methodological basis of the research is essential principles of history science, such as consistency, Historicism, interdisciplinary and scientific objectivity that allow to review the studied facts and events in the dynamics and interactions. Consideration of the key issues is done within the context of dichotomy of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian State as a whole and on the basis of the development of the overall social policy in particular. The article deals with the powers and competence of the ecclesiastical courts of the Russian Empire in the 19th and early 20th century. This period, XIX-beginning of XX century, is characterized by the desire of the State to control the Church and its activities, including those directed towards identifying ethos of professional suitability and clergy. The author proves that trial was closed against the clergy and had corporate character.

Russian Civil Law Tradition of the Early 20th Century and the Napoleonic Code

10.12737/7251 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Сергей Липень ◽  
Syergyey Lipyen
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
100Th Anniversary ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Common Problems ◽  
The Russian Empire

This article discusses common problems of civil law to which attention was drawn at the beginning of the twentieth century in connection with the 100th anniversary of the Napoleonic Code. In connection with the new codification of the civil law of the Russian Empire objective and subjective factors of codification activities, social value of the Civil Code, the adequacy of regulation of civil relations, as well as to further improvement of the content of civil law according to the requirements of lifetime and constantly developing social relations were considered.

scholarly journals ФОРМУВАННЯ КОНЦЕПЦІЇ НІМЕЦЬКОГО ЦИВІЛЬНОГО КОДЕКСУ (BGB) ТА ЇЇ ВПЛИВ НА РОЗВИТОК ЦИВІЛІСТИЧНОЇ ДУМКИ В УКРАЇНІ

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 260-270
Author(s):  
Є. О. Харитонов
Keyword(s):  
Civil Law ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Factors Of Influence ◽  
The Russian Empire

Стаття присвячена розгляду питань формування доктрини цивільного права у Німеч­чині та її впливу на концепцію німецького цивільного кодексу (BGB). Визначаються чинники впливу німецького правознавства на формування і розвиток цивілістичної думки в університетах на українських землях, що входили до складу Російської імперії.   The article considers the issues of formation of the doctrine of the civil law in Germany and its influence on the concept of the German Civil Code (BGB). The factors of influence of the German jurisprudence on the formation and development of the civil concept at the universities on the Ukrainian territory, which used to be a part of the Russian Empire, are determined.

scholarly journals RUSSIAN CONQUEST OF CENTRAL ASIA: A CASE STUDY OF KHIVA

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 255-262
Author(s):  
Altaf Ullah ◽  
Akhtar Rasool Bodla
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Economic Factor ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
The State ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Imperial Power ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
Vast Area

Mankind is witnessed to the fact that imperialism has been exhibiting in human history in many forms since long. Subjugation was the earliest form of it where in an empire overpowered an alien society, exploited its land, raw material and subjected it to the service of the superior authority. A similar formula of exploiting the land and people of Central Asia has been assumed by the Russian Imperial power during the nineteenth century. The imperial move of Russia towards this region was considered as the ultimate consequence of a continuous process of expansion of the Russian Empire. This expansionist drive of Russia into the region has been attributed to several factors such as political, military, strategic and above all the economic factor is believed to be the dominant one. The conquest provided the Russian Tsars a golden opportunity to hold their control over a vast area of striking geographic and human diversity. The motives behind this conquest were multidimensional, interrelated and complex. During this process of expansion, the state of Khiva was the first priority of the Russian Empire while materializing their future programme and policies. Though the Empire had already attempted to occupy the state, yet it could not get success prior to 1873. The importance of Khiva cannot be ignored while dealing with the question of Russian conquest of Central Asia in general and Khiva in particular.

scholarly journals The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire. The Diplomatic Dispute on Charles Christian Wettin’s Reign 1759‒1763. Analysis of Selected Aspects

2020 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-64
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Szymborski ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
International Policy ◽  
The Russian Empire

The paper presents a case study of the eighteenth-century diplomatic struggle between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire over the legal status of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia and its ruling house. The main purpose of the research is to analyse the circumstances leading to the enthronement of Charles Christian Wettin as the Duke of Courland (1759‒1763), discover the tools of Russian international policy and review goals and resources of both Polish–Saxon and Russian sides of the conflict. History, Law and International Relations combine in the interdisciplinary research on the ‘Couronian Question’. From this perspective, Courland and its Duke remain the objects, and the Commonwealth and the Tsardom of Russia – the subjects of the study.

scholarly journals The Formation of Organizational and Legal Regulation of Credit Cooperation in the Russian Empire of the Late 19th — Early 20th Century (A Case Study of the Vladimirskaya Province)

2019 ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
Yu. O. Novikova
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Cooperative Movement ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
Social Structuring ◽  
Economic Modernization

The article deals with the peculiarities of formation and development of credit cooperation in the Russian Empire at the end of 19th — early 20th centuries. For a long time credit cooperation had been turning into a very developed system. The cooperative movement had gradually embraced vast masses of the population and contributed not only to their engagement into goods/money relationships but it also became the means of economic modernization, social structuring and formation of the civil society.

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