What can the names of churches in Muscovite Rus' of the 16th-17th centuries tell us? Discussion

Khodakovsky, Evgeniy Valentinovich – Dr. Sc. in Art History, Head of the Department of Russian Art History, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, Orc ID 0000-0003-1800-327X, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Mainicheva, Anna Yuryevna – Dr. Sc. in History, Leading Researcher, Institute of Archeology and Ethnography Sibirian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chief Researcher, Novosibirsk State University of Architecture, Design and Art, Novosibirsk, Russia, Orc ID 0000-0002-0784-4252, Scopus ID 35221985800, Researcher ID J-4247-2012, SPIN code 2538-8771; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Mankova, Irina Leonidavna – PhD in history, Leading Researcher Institute of the History and Archaeology of Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia, Orc ID 0000-0003-1496-0574, SPIN code 8220-1826, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Salmin, Sergei Anatolievich – Senior Researcher, Pskov Archaeological Center, Pskov, Russia, Orc ID 0000-0002-2985-4996, SPIN-code: 9906-8772; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Ustinova, Irina Alexandrovna – PhD in History, Senior Researcher, Centre of history of Russian feudalism, Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, Orc ID 0009-0003-2488-9705, SPIN code 7140-7361; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Zemskova, Vera Ivanovna – PhD in Philosophy, Master’s Degree Student, Saint Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, Orc ID 0000-0002-3825-0078; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

How did the sacred space of Orthodox dioceses develop in the 15th–17th centuries? Is it possible to identify patterns in the dedication of Orthodox churches to certain saints? The participants in the discussion analyze these issues based on their own research in different territories of Muscovite Rus’ – the European part and Siberia. Research shows that the construction of churches and their dedication to Orthodox saints and Orthodox holidays is a kind of indicator of the spiritual development of the territory and its habitation. The dynamics of dedications of altars of city and monastery cathedrals, city and rural parish churches reflects the peculiarities of the formation of the parish structure and shows the relationship between national and local processes. The study of churches in Muscovite Rus’ becomes representative after the appearance of detailed descriptions of the rural space at the end of the 15th century. Transformations of the social structure of the state, changes in internal and external borders lead to dynamic changes in the dedications of church altars and changes in the parish structure.

The research by A. Mainicheva was carried out within the framework of the FWZG-2022-0001 program «Ethnocultural diversity and social processes in Siberia and the Far East in the 17th–21st centuries. Research on the changing role of traditional cultures, social institutions and environmental paradigms».

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