Engineering Technologies and Systems - 12. E. N. Mokshina, Yu. V. Katlamina. FROM THE HISTORY OF SACRED PLACES OF MORDOVIA

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DOI: 10.15507/VMU.024.201403.093

FROM THE HISTORY OF SACRED PLACES OF MORDOVIA

E. N. Mokshina, Yu. V. Katlamina.

Mokshina Elena Nikolaevna, professor of History of Russia chair of History and Sociology Institute, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), Doktor Nauk degree holder in Historical sciences, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Katlamina Yulliya Vladimirovna, 2nd years student of History and Sociology Institute of Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The article discusses the history and the present state of one of the most respected sacred springs of the Mordovia Republic located in the village of Mordvinian Pibor in the Zubovo-Polyansky district.

Keywords: Moksha, sacred spring, Christianity, Orthodoxy, village, peasantry, religiosity, traditions.

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