BIBLICAL NAMES IN SACRAL SPACE OF RUSSIAN NORTH

This article explores the process of biblical names hierotopy of the objects located in sacral space of Russian North. The research is connected with the increasing interest to the cultural heritage of Valaam and Solovki monasteries, part of that is formed by toponyms – names of objects of surroundi...

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Main Author: Mikhailova, L.V.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Marina Sokolova Publishings 2020
Subjects:
new jerusalem
russian north
valaam
solovki
monastery
hierotopy
toponym
biblical
новый иерусалим
русский север
валаам
соловки
монастырь
иеротопия
топоним
библейский
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
Solovki
Russian North
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.18454/RULB.2020.24.4.35
https://doaj.org/article/40ba7dc4eae7447d9532b6728eb158d1
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Summary:This article explores the process of biblical names hierotopy of the objects located in sacral space of Russian North. The research is connected with the increasing interest to the cultural heritage of Valaam and Solovki monasteries, part of that is formed by toponyms – names of objects of surrounding landscape, saving memory about the past and being an interlink with the present of regenerating monasteries. The aim of this article is to study the objects of Valaam and Solovki archipelagos having the biblical names. The research tasks are meant to identify and classify the toponyms based on a biblical and Orthodox vocabulary.

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