Book review: Sharafiev E.I. Social and cultural development of Tatar-Kryashens of the Republic of Tatarstan in 1989–2010 (Kazan, 2024)
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https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2025-15-4.155-163Keywords:
Kryashens, culture, Kryashen movement, public institute, Pitrau, mass media, Republic of TatarstanAbstract
The review assesses the monograph by E.I. Sharafiev “Social and cultural development of Tatar-Kryashens of the Republic of Tatarstan in 1989–2010” (Kazan, 2024). It is emphasized that the publication gives a comprehensive analysis of the social and cultural development of the Kryashen movement in Tatarstan from the late 1980s to the 2010s. The research of E.I. Sharafiev is aimed at overcoming the information deficit and stereotypes of modern society associated with this ethnocultural group. The book is of interest to historians, ethnographers, sociologists, religious scholars and everyone who is interested in the problems of the development of national movements in modern Russia. The research can serve as one of the samples in the further study of the processes of ethnocultural development of the peoples of the Volga region.
For citation: Denisov А.Е. Book review: Sharafiev E.I. Social and cultural development of Tatar-Kryashens of the Republic of Tatarstan in 1989–2010 (Kazan, 2024). From History and Culture of Peoples of the Middle Volga Region. 2025, vol.15, no.4, pp.155–163. https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2025-15-4.155-163 (In Russian)
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