Exiles

Cultural space and oral culture of the Semeiskie

L’espace culturel et la culture orale des Semeiskie

The Semeiskie communities are formed by a group of so-called “Old Believers”, a confessional community originating from the time of the Instigation of the Russian Orthodox Church in the seventeenth century.Their history is marked by repression and exile. During the reign of Catherine the Great, believers in the “old system” from various...