The Realities of the Historical Experience of Missionary Activity in the Baikal Region

The article, based on the appeal to the historiographical potential and published and unpublished sources, examines the main milestones and directions of the missionary activity of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Baikal region during the imperial period. The study contains a brief description of the methods of Christianization of foreign ethnic groups in the context of state policy, which determined the specifics of missionary work and the emergence of syncretic practices of twoand three-faith. The conclusion is formulated that the lack of regular state support, insufficient funding and staffing of missionary work led to little success in involving both pagans and converts to Buddhism in the Christian mentality

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