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The Secularization of the Search for Salvation: The Self-Fashioning of Orthodox Clergymen's Sons in Late Imperial Russia

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Laurie Manchester
Laurie Manchester*
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Kathryn W. and Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University
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In recent decades, historians of prerevolutionary Russia have emphasized the diverse and complex nature of the group of educated Russians that has traditionally been referred to as the “intelligentsia.” In the existing historiography, there have been numerous investigations into various subgroups of the intelligentsia, including studies of noble intellectuals, students, women radicals, religious thinkers, ethnic elites, and members of political parties and of specific professions. The subgroup that contributed more to Russian professions and political movements than any other non-noble subgroup in both quantitative and qualitative terms is also the only prominent subgroup that has been neglected. The members of this neglected subgroup are Russian Orthodox clergymen's sons, referred to throughout this article by the Russian term popovichi?

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Slavic Review , Volume 57 , Issue 1 , Spring 1998 , pp. 50 - 76
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A version of this article was presented at the Historians' Seminar of the Kathryn W. and Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Russian Studies at Harvard University in 1997. I thank the Davis Center, the Harriman Institute, the International Research and Exchanges Board, the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, the Social Science Research Council, and the U.S. Department of Education for supporting the research that made this article possible. I also thank Gregory Freeze, Robert Geraci, Igal Halfin, Jochen Hellbeck, Marc Raeff, Andreas Schonle, Vera Shevzov, Elise Wirtschafter, Richard Wortman, and the participants in the Historians' Seminar at the Davis Center for their suggestions and helpful advice.

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23. Pavlovich, “Venok na mogilu,” 522, 593. See also Orlov, Moia zhizn', 21–22.

24. Rossiiskii gosudarstvennyi arkhiv literatury i iskusstva (RGALI), f. 904, op. 1, d. 17 (I. E. Tsvetkov's autobiography), 1. 8. See also Bulgakov, Avtobiograficheskie zametki, 15–19.

25. RGB OR, f. 356, k. 3, d. 43, 1. 20, and d. 46 (another version of Elpat'evskii's autobiography), 11. 54–56. For other examples of fathers burdened by agricultural labor who never complained, see Pavlovich, “Venok na mogilu,” 591, 595; Sadov, “Iz vospominanii,” 3–6.

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50. Muzei istorii religii (MIR), f. 13, op. 1, d. 1001 (I. M. Tregubov to M. I. Tregubova, 1887), 1. 10. For other examples, see Sankt-Peterburgskii filial Arkhiva rossiiskoi akademii nauk (PFA RAN), f. 849, op. 2, d. 30 (D. K. Zelenin's diary), 11. 301–3; RGIA, f. 797, op. 96, d. 162, 1. 26.

51. Giliarov-Platonov, Iz perezhitogo, 2: 126–32.

52. OR RNB, f. 725, op. 1, d. 3, 1. 70. For another example, see GA RF, f. 1721, op. 1, d. 135 (A. A. Teplov to Teplova, 190?), 1. 4.

53. DP RNB, f. 102, op. 1, d. 317 (Irodion Kholopov to A. I. Brilliantov, 22 April 1904), 1. 1.

54. GA RF, f. 102, op. 223, g. 1905, d. 1000, ch. 10, 1. 62ob.; A. G. Filonov [Borisoglebskii], “Iz zhizni starogo pedagoga,” Gimnaziia, 1890, no. 8/10: 650; Kazanskii, “Vospominaniia seminarista,” 108; Biriukov, Ural'skaia kopilka, 17.

55. Orlov, Moia zhizn', 22.

56. For several examples, see Mamin-Sibiriak, “Iz dalekogo,” 10: 254; Ostrovitianov, Dumy o proshlom, 20; N. I. Solov'ev, “Kak nas uchili,” Russkaia starina 100, no. 1 1 (1899): 381–88; N. G. Pomialovskii, “Ocherki bursy,” Polnoe sobranie sochinenii, 2 vols. (Moscow and Leningrad, 1935), 2: 195–98.

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60. Sychugov, “Nechto,” 124; Kazanskii, “Vospominaniia seminarista,” 18–19; Gur'ev, Mikhail, “Vospominaniia o moem uchenii,” Russkaia starina 139, no. 8 (1909): 362 Google Scholar; D. I., Pisarev, “Pogibshie i pogibaiushchie,” Literaturnaia kritika v trekh tomakh (Leningrad, 1981), 3: 50–116.Google Scholar

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62. This observation about the piety of adult popovichi is gleaned from the diaries and correspondence of numerous popovichi. In these texts many popovichi expressed their faith in the power of prayer and confession, made frequent reference to God and to scripture, and mentioned their regular attendance at church services. For examples of popovichi who were not employed in the clerical domain (such as professors at theological academies or seminaries) who made such statements, see Institut russkoi literatury (IRLI), f. 286, op. 1, d. 121 (A. V. Smirnov to V. A. Smirnov, 25 March 1897), 1. 1; GAVO, f. 622, op. 1, d. 12 (A. V. Smirnov to V. A. Smirnov, 189?), I. 4; RGALI, f. 904, op. 1, d. 16 (Tsvetkov's diary), 11. 15, 17, 40; RGALI, f. 716, op. 1, d. 125 (V. M. Vasnetsov to A. M. Vasnetsov, n.d.), 1. 27–27ob.; RGALI, f. 765, op. 1, d. 188 (M. S. Znamenskii to A. S. Znamenskaia, 1864), 1. 1. Not all popovichi who maintained their faith remained affiliated with the official church. Besides the above-mentioned case of the Tolstoian Ivan Tregubov, see the case of a Bolshevik popovich who was drawn to the Molokane sect. GAVO, f. P46, op. 1, d. 193 (Tikhomirov's memoirs), II. 11–12. On the piety of popovichi populists, see the prison diaries of Mikhail Novorusskii, in which he described his observance of Orthodox religious holidays and his desire to participate in the rite of confession (GA RF, f. 1733, op. 1, d. 2, II. 40, 44–45). For another example, see GA RF, f. 1721, op. 1, d. 135, 1. 21.

63. Biriukov, Ural'skaia kopilka, 15.

64. For example, see RGIA, f. 802, op. 9, d. 66 (bishop's report concerning Ekaterinoslav seminary, 1886), 1. 139; GA RF, f. 102, op. 223, g. 1905, d. 1000, ch. 10, 11. 16, 23; GAVO, f. 1294, op. 1, d. 9 (anonymous seminarian's diary), II. 16, 19; Kriukovskii, “Okolo Bursy,” Russkaia starina 146, no. 4 (1911): 446.

65. E. A. Preobrazhenskii, “Avtobiografiia,” in Granat, 41: 120. For other examples, see Al'bov, M. N., “Mikhail Nilovich Al'bov,” in Fidler, , ed., Pervye literaturnye shagi, 177 Google Scholar; M. M., Chernavskii, “Avtobiografiia,” in Granat, 40: 563 Google Scholar; Shashkov, “Avtobiografiia,” 12. For an example of a noble who heralded his parents’ atheism, see M. P. Sazhin in Granat, 40: 423. For an example of a non-popovich who claimed he became an atheist as a child due to parental abuse, see GAVO, f. P46, op. 1, d. 255 (P. I. Lebedev-Polianskii's autobiography), 1. 17.

66. Sychugov, Zapiski, 17 (Sychugov to V. F. Tomas, 14 December 1899). For examples of radical popovichi who resumed being practicing Orthodox believers, see MIR, f. 13, op. 1, d. 798 (N. M. Tregubov to I. M. Tregubov, 1917), 11. 14ob., 24, 27, 80; DP RNB, f. 194, op. 1, d. 1295 (M. N. Glubokovskii's obituary), 1. 2; Bulgakov, Avtobiograficheskie zametki, 25–35.

67. Sergei Solov'ev, Izbrannye trudy: Zapiski (Moscow, 1983), 233–34. For several other examples, see Golubinskii, , “Iz vospominaniia,” in U troitsy v akademii (Moscow, 1914), 709 Google Scholar; Kazanskii, “Vospominaniia seminarista,” 133; GAVO, f. 704, op. 1, d. 192 (S. N. Lebedev's confession), II. 95ob.-96.

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69. N. Smirnov, “Ateizm (Iz perezhitogo),” in Dukhovnaia shkola: Sbornik (n.d.), 137.

70. A. F. Kistiakovskii, “Avtobiograficheskii otryvok,” Kievskaia starina 48, no. 1 (1895): 6.

71. RGALI, f. 1027, op. 1, d. 3 (G. E. Blagosvetlov's petition), 1. 36ob. See also, Popov, M. R., Zapiski zemlevol'tsa (Moscow, 1933), 54–55Google Scholar.

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74. RGALI, f. 904, op. 1, d. 16, 1. 15. On specific references to clerical calling, see GA RF, f. 102, op. 223, g. 1905, d. 1000, ch. 10, 1. 44–44ob.; Materialy dlia biografii N. A. Dobroliubova, Sobrannye v 1861–1862 gg. (Moscow, 1890), 1: 14 (N. A. Dobroliubov to Dobroliubovs, 9 June 1853); Bogoslovskii, “Chernigovskaia seminariia 50 let nazad,” no. 7: 78.

75. On parental approval and clerical attitudes toward vocational calling, see RGB OR, f. 356, k. 3, d. 43, 1. 27; DP RNB, f. 692, op. 1, d. 52 (A. P. Serebrennikov's inscription on his father's diary), 1. 2; Lazurskii, V. F., Professor A. F. Lazurskii (Odessa, 1917), 1–2Google Scholar; Greznov, h shkol'nykh vospominanii, 239–40. On a shift in parents’ attitudes, see Tsezorevskii, “Shestidesiatye gody,” 260; RGB OR, f. 250, k. 2, d. 1 (N. P. Rozanov's autobiography), 1. 17. For their correspondence to their parents on this issue, see Mamin-Sibiriak, Sobranie sochinenii, 10: 332 (D. N. Mamin-Sibiriak to N. M. Mamin, 1870); Materialy dlia biografii N. A. Dobroliubova, 1: 9 (N. A. Dobroliubov to Dobroliubovs, 29 August 1853).

76. Preobrazhenskii, “Avtobiografiia,” 121; Pribylev, “Avtobiografiia,” 345; Ostrovitianov, Dumy o proshlom, 16, 171; GA RF, f. 1733, op. 1, d. 2, 11. 16–17.

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79. Lazurskii, Professor A. F. Lazurskii, 1; Tikhomirov, “Avtobiografiia,” 217; Sychugov, “Nechto,” 135. Between 1793 and 1900, 40 percent of the secularly employed graduates of Vladimir seminary became teachers; 13 percent became doctors. See IVDS, 3: 1–336.

80. RGB OR, f. 23, k. 1, d. 1 (S. A. Belokurov's curriculum vitae), 1. 2. For other examples, see Popov, Zapiski, 53; Tikhonov, Dvadtsat’ piat’ let na kazennoi sluzhbe, 1: 3; PFA RAN, f. 849, op. 3, d. 454 (N.? to D. K. Zelenin, 24 September 1906), 1. 1.

81. Bulgakov, Avtobiograficheskie zametki, 14–15; RGB OR, f. 356, k. 3, d. 46, 1. 53ob. For other examples, see PFA RAN, f. 849, op. 2, d. 1 (Zelenin's autobiography), 1. 24; RGB OR, f. 177, d. 50.66, 1. 1; Krasnoperov, “Moi detskie gody i shkola,” 197.

82. Solov'ev, Zapiski, 274. For other examples, see Giliarov-Platonov, Iz perezhitogo, 1: 151; N. N., “50-letie,” 705.

83. On use of the term cultural intermediaries, see Michel Vovelle, Ideologies and Mentalities, trans. Eamon O'Flaherty (Chicago, 1990), 114–25.

84. For example, see Giliarov-Platonov, Iz perezhitogo, 1: 203, 2: 125; Nadezhdin, “Avtobiografiia,” 55; L. O., “Iz vospominanii,” 364. A popovich who became a bureaucrat explained that he did not enter his profession by choice. Bogoslovskii, “Chernigovskaia seminariia 50 let nazad,” no. 7: 78–79. For a popovich's description of his parents’ objection to their son entering the military bureaucracy, see DP RNB, f. 253, op. 1, d. 1 (A. A. Dmitrievskii's autobiography), 1. 4.

85. Secularly employed graduates of Vladimir seminary entered bureaucratic professions in numbers larger than 10 percent only in the years 1841–1864 and 1883–1888; see IVDS, 3: 1–336. For figures on enrollment in specific faculties, see G. I. Shchetinina, “Alfavitnye spiski studentov kak istoricheskii istochnik: Sostav universitetskogo studenchestva v kontse XlX-nachale XX veka,” Istoriia SSSR 5 (1979): 118; Tomskii universitet: Kratkii istoricheskii ocherh (Tomsk, 1917), 148–52.

86. RGB OR, f. 356, k. 3, d. 46, 1. Mob. For a nearly identical example, see E. M. Ovchinnikov, “Avtobiografiia,” in Sbornik biografii vrachei, 143.

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