Abstract
This manuscript studies the role of Christian culture and missionary efforts in the process of the interpenetration of Russian and Yakut cultures. In the pre-revolutionary period, conversion to Christianity played an important role as a unifying factor in relations between peoples and in the formation of self-consciousness of the Sakha people as an integral part of the multinational Russian people. A special study of the significance of Christian culture in the development of the literature of the Sakha people represents a new scientific direction in the study of the history of Yakut literature. In this perspective, special attention is paid to the study of early editions of spiritual literature in the source study aspect. The relevance of the manuscript is in the study of early sources stored in museums and archives of the republic and beyond. The study systematizes the historical sources and literature on the efforts of Saint Innocent of Alaska, who played a significant role in the development of not only the Yakut Diocese but also in the development of the spiritual culture of the Yakuts. The personal contribution of Saint Innocent of Alaska is highlighted, during whose missionary efforts significant historical events occurred in Yakutia - the first translated publications and the conduct of church services to the Yakut language.
Highlights
Various factors play a decisive role in the origin and formation of written language: from the division of labor to the processes of formation of statehood
The scientific interest in the spread of Christianity in Yakutia is due precisely to missionary efforts in the XIX century, at a time when handwritten Yakut literature begins with translations of church literature
For a short period of missionary efforts in Yakutia, Saint Innocent of Alaska made a significant contribution to the development of the region
Summary
Various factors play a decisive role in the origin and formation of written language: from the division of labor to the processes of formation of statehood. The scientific interest in the spread of Christianity in Yakutia is due precisely to missionary efforts in the XIX century, at a time when handwritten Yakut literature begins with translations of church literature In this case, special attention is paid to historical and literary sources as sources of information of historical and social reality, which are interpreted in the general cultural situation with which they arise and function. Many sciences are becoming interdisciplinary in nature; humanitarian studies often overlap in the field of studying a person’s personality and understanding issues These aspects are of great importance for historical, literary, and linguistic research. Systematization of historical sources and literature on the efforts of Saint Innocent of Alaska will reveal the specifics of conversion of Yakutia to Christianity as a whole, and the personal contribution of Saint Innocent of Alaska to the development of the spiritual culture of the Yakuts
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