Старообрядческий сборник духовных стихов и выписок из с. Троица Каргопольского района: состав, структура, идеология

Ученые записки Петрозаводского государственного университета. 2022. Т. 44. № 5. С. 75–854.

Moroz A.

The article introduces a manuscript collection, discovered in the village of Troitsa, Kargopol district, Arkhangelsk region in 1998. The collection consists of spiritual songs and extracts from various church books: teaching, polemical, lectionary, - as well as from books on the history of Old Belief. The content of verses and extracts, peculiarities of the texts of verses, the character of sources of extracts, the place where the book has been found and a number of other features indicate that it belongs to the Old Believer literary tradition, specifically - to the beguny (runaways) denomination, whose supporters lived in the northern part of the modern Kargopolsky district until the mid 20th century. The poems and extracts are not just polemical and reflect the ideology of the beguny (runaways) denomination, but are also structured in a special way to reflect the history of the schism and motivate the positions of the beguny (runaways) in relation to the world outside their communities. The excerpts create a sequence: the reason for the schism - the rejection of tsar Peter's reforms by Old Believers - persecution of Old Believers - the world is in sin - escape from the world - salvation in hermitage and celibacy - the Second Advent is coming - only those who repent and renounce worldly predilections will be saved - the saved will be worthy of heaven. The spiritual songs are considerably fewer than the extracts, and while they generally follow the same logic, they elaborate it in less details.

Keywords: folklore, фольклор, книжность, старообрядцы, Русский Север, book history, Духовные стихи, spiritual songs, North Russia, Old Believers

Publication based on the results of: Inside and Beyond the Frontiers of Folklore: Tradition, Innovation, and Memory (2022)