Description

During the second half of the 19th century, the Russian Orthodox Church actively expanded its missionary efforts in Siberia and established several missions in the region. The brief work in three parts presented here provides a history and overview of Russian Orthodox missionary work in the Altai (or Altay) Territory of Siberia. The first section begins with the establishment of the Altai mission by Makarii (born Mikhail Yakovlevich Glukharev, 1792‒1847) and describes the efforts of the missionaries to convert the native people living in the areas east of Lake ...