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Protestants in Dagestan: Dissonance or the Historical Pattern?
Authors: Olga B. Khalidova
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Describing the modern Russian society the religious sphere, we can say it widespread Protestant religious associations in it. This fact would not have caused such a lively interest, if it does not touch the national regions of Russian Federation, by which is meant the North Caucasus, in particular, the Republic of Dagestan. It is spread in the country in the second half of the XIX century, the Protestant communities of different directions - Baptists, Adventists, and in the post-Soviet period – evangelicals, Pentecostals, not only became part of the religious paintings of the Dagestan society, but also the subject of public and political debate, and social service. It is called the Russian Orthodox Church to missionary activity among the Muslim peoples of the North Caucasus and Dagestan in the early XIX century. This historical fact is not widely used due to position of the Islamic religion at the time in Dagestan. Transition of ethnic Dagestan people in Christianity was a surprise and challenging for the community in the post-Soviet swept hundreds of Dagestan people. In this context, it becomes legitimate to question the status of Protestants in Dagestan: whether to consider them as a dissonance or still is a normal pattern in the course of history In the present article, through the analysis and historical facts, we did attempt to get an answer to this question.