Through orthodox eyes : Russian missionary narratives of travels to the Denaína and Ahtna, 1850s-1930s

Znamenski, Andrei A. 1960- (Author).

Summary: Znamenski (history, Alabama State U.) translates missionary records on spreading Russian Orthodoxy among Athabaskan Indians in outgeneral Alaska, and provides biographical details on the Russians and ethnographic ones on the indigenous peoples. Period photos depict missionaries, churches, and natives. A glossary explains Russian Orthodox terms.

Record details

ISBN: 188996350X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xiii, 346 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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Publisher: Fairbanks, Alaska : University of Alaska Press, 2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-340) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: Orthodoxy among Denaína and Ahtn -- Hegumen Nikolai (Nikolai Militov) -- Hieromonk Nikita (Nikita Marchenkov) -- Priest Nikolai Mitropol'skii -- Priest Aleksandr Iaroshevich -- Priest Ioann Bortnovskii - Priest Pavel Shadura -- Orthodox missionaries among inland Denaína and Ahtna -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.