Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-4907 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1913 (Online)


Jews

The Role of Testimony’s Texts in the Forming of Scenarios of Ritual Processes in Russian Empire in XIX Century

The ritual processes in Russia were the official reaction on ideological and religious crises in Empire. The scenarios of these processes indicated the negative image of «alien». Those «aliens» could be the Jews, sectarians or pagans, all distinguished from the system of official religious ideology.The testimonies adapted general scenario to the concrete process.