Upravlenie i organizaciya duhovnoj zhizni nemeckih kolonij Zakavkaz'ya (1820-e — 1860-e gg.)

Abstract

This article is devoted to the complex research of religious life of German Protestants (Lutherans and separatists) in Transcaucasia in 1820s - 1860s. The main attention is paid to revealing general and specific elements in the organization of religious management in the process of settling German colonists. The work analyzes the researchers' views on religious reasons and factors of resettlement of German peasants in Transcaucasia, summarizes new material on the invitation, expulsion and subsequent prohibition of the call of the Basel missionaries. Archival sources are introduced into scientific circulation, allowing to analyze the nature of relations of different Protestant movements and groups with each other, with the government and local authorities. As a result, the authors substantiate the idea that confessional affiliation was one of the determining factors in the formation of national identity of Transcaucasian Germans.