The social-cultural aspect of life of Polish population in the Olonets province in the mid-to-late XIX century

The article is devoted to the problem of analysis of saving the national identity of the ethnic Polish group on the territory of the Olonets province (modern Republic of Karelia, Arkhangelsk and Leningrad Oblast) in the historical perspective. Basing on the analysis of the resources of personal natu...

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Published in:SHS Web of Conferences
Main Authors: Kudriavtceva Regina Elizaveta, Samylovskaya Ekaterina
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
French
Published: EDP Sciences 2020
Subjects:
H
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20208401003
https://doaj.org/article/2d4e447acf774e01903aff45e542616f
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Summary:The article is devoted to the problem of analysis of saving the national identity of the ethnic Polish group on the territory of the Olonets province (modern Republic of Karelia, Arkhangelsk and Leningrad Oblast) in the historical perspective. Basing on the analysis of the resources of personal nature (memoirs), as well as the Russian and Polish historiography the main distinguishing characteristics of the national Polish identity on the hostile social-cultural environment were studied. Due to the research the authors concluded that the driving force of preserving the national identity was the religious factor, opening itself in the activity of the exiled priests and such traditional Polish leisure activities such as: choral singing, reading of religious and secular national literature, organization is the educational process.