Tengrism and dual faith of the turkic-mongolian peoples

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the analysis of the spread of Buddhism, Christianity and Islam among the Turkic-Mongol peoples that have originally professed Tengrism. Contemporary revival of Tengrism manifests itself both institutionally (via state and public support) and in everyday practice as the continuation of a living cultural tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation for a millennia and has been seen as a worldview, a way of life and a life guidance. The author concludes that Tengrism has ensured preservation of identity, stability and integrity of the Turkic-Mongolian world within the phenomenon of dual faith, while the spread of Buddhism, Christianity and Islam have set the dynamics of its development on the basis of intercivilizational interaction.