Khristianstvo na blizhnem Vostoke

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Authors: Alexandr G. Grouchevoy

Reports signed by A.A. Dmitrievsky following the results of the revision of 1910, as well as his letters to A.A. Shirinsky-Shikhmatov are a kind of chronicle of A.A. Dmitrievsky to the Middle East, when in the first months of 1910 he led the revision of all the institutions of the Society. The decision on the need for such an audit was made at a meeting of the Council of the Society on May 22, 1909. In December of the same year, the Vice-President of the Palestine Society, A.A. Shirinsky-Shikhmatov presented the Secretary of the Society A.A. Dmitrievsky detailed instructions on the need for a thorough revision of the Society’s farmsteads in Jerusalem, Haifa and Nazareth, all educational institutions of the Society and all aspects of the life of Russian pilgrims in the Holy Land. V.I. Belynsky, a senior accountant of the Company, as well as P.I. Ryazhsky, Chairman of the Construction Commission of the Society and Inspector of the Galilee educational institutions. About the reasons for this revision, A.A. Dmitrievsky wrote in three places and in all cases these explanations are not identical. In this work, dedicated to the activities of A.A. Dmitrievsky in 1907–1918, all options for explaining the reasons for the revision are taken into account. In carrying out this inspection, A.A. Dmitrievsky played an active role, and all his explanations regarding the reasons for this inspection complement each other. According to the results of the revision of the first months of 1910 with the direct participation of A.A. Dmitrievsky, two reports were compiled — On the courtyards of the Society and on the Educational Institutions of the Society. In addition, A.A. Dmitrievsky during a business trip to the Middle East, six letters were written to A.A. Shirinsky-Shikhmatov, duplicating in many respects the content of both Reports. These letters can be seen as an informal report by A.A. Dmitrievsky about the trip, because the letters contain information about each day of the inspection, indicating the dates of visits to all educational institutions, partly — farmsteads. The letters also contain brief descriptions of A.A. Dmitrievsky of those people with whom he had a chance to meet, as well as descriptions of the areas he saw. In letters and numerous draft versions of the texts of letters, this information is more detailed than in Reports.

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Authors: Eldar O. Kostuev

The article deals with the genre of apocalyptic in the literary monuments of the era of the reign of Tsar Ivan IV Grozny (1533–1584): “Canon to the Angel the Terrible Governor”, Correspondence of Tsar Ivan Grozny with Prince Andrei Kurbsky, “The Legend of the Capture of Tsargrad by the Turks”, “Kazan History”. Three main sections of apocalyptic motifs in the literary monuments of the era of Tsar Ivan Grozny are distinguished: 1) Holy battle; 2) Martyrdom; 3) Universal Court. The article emphasizes that the Book of Revelation of the Apostle John the Theologian serves as a kind of key to this time. The meanings contained in her narrative have a significant impact on the thought of this historical stage, which is recorded in the literary heritage of the era.