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УДК 347.167:338.48(470.345)                                                

DOI: 10.15507/VMU.025.201502.114

ORTHODOX RELIGIOUS OBJECTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MORDOVIA AND THEIR ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS TOURISM

Saraykina Svetlana Vasilevna
(associate professor of International and Regional Tourism chair of Ogarev Mordovia State University (68, Bolshevistskaya str., Saransk, Russia), Ph.D. (Geography), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

The article emphasizes the role of religion in strengthening of intercultural relations, social and scientific activities. It discusses the scientific basis of religion and religious infrastructure; considers specific features of the current stage in development of the religious sphere of Russia and the Republic of Mordovia; pays attention to issues of construction of new religious objects and reconstruction of those which were destroyed in the Soviet period; the author classifies orthodox religious sites of the Republic of Mordovia by status, time of occurrence, number of members, belonging to different architectural styles; determines the prospects of religious objects for tourism development in Mordovia; emphasizes the importance of development of religious tourism in the Republic, which should be based on a developed religious infrastructure.

Keywords: religion, religious objects, religious infrastructure, faith, scientific research, orthodoxy, religious tourism, Republic of Mordovia. 

For citation: Saraykina S. V. Pravoslavnye religioznye obekty Respubliki Mordoviya i ikh rol v razvitii religioznogo turizma [Orthodox religious objects of the Republic of Mordovia and their role in development of religious tourism]. Vestnik Mordovskogo Universiteta = Mordovia University Bulletin. 2015, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 114–121. DOI: 10.15507/VMU.025.201502.114

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