The Oldest One in Russia: The Formation of the Historical Image of the Monastery of Valaam (Russian History and Culture)

Contents......Page 6
Foreword and Acknowledgements......Page 10
List of Illustrations and Maps......Page 14
Abbreviations......Page 16
1. Resurrections of Valaam......Page 18
2. Paradox: Minimal Source Material, Detailed Historical Accounts......Page 22
3. Concepts: Image, Lieu de Mémoire, Cultural Memory, Mythistory......Page 24
4. Method: Ideas and Claims of Valaam’s Past......Page 34
5. Contextualization: Nation Building and Borderland Issues......Page 39
1. Tracing the Self-Feeding Circle of Fame......Page 54
2. Imperial Support......Page 55
3. Monastic Revival......Page 62
4. Pilgrims, Writers and Artists......Page 67
1. Valaam’s Need for a History......Page 74
2. Rise of National Historiography......Page 77
3. First Sketches......Page 81
4. Case of A. I. Sulakadzev......Page 83
5. Publications of the Monastery......Page 89
1. Scholarly Debate over Valaam’s Age......Page 98
2. Popular Conceptions......Page 103
3. Names of Valaam......Page 109
4. Legend of Apostle Andrew’s Blessing......Page 115
5. Pagan Inhabitants......Page 128
1.1. Founders of Valaam in Valaamskaia Beseda......Page 138
1.2. “Skazanie o Valaamskom Monastyre”: Preparing the Ground for a Founder Cult?......Page 147
1.3. Transfer of Sergei and German’s Remains......Page 155
2.1. Revival of the Cult in the Eighteenth Century......Page 165
2.2. Commemoration Days......Page 168
3.1. “Finding their Athos and Olympos too Crowded. . .”......Page 172
3.2. “From a Family of Novgorodian Warlords . . .”......Page 177
4.1. “Two Holy Names”......Page 181
4.2. Miracles in “Skazanie o Valaamskom monastyre”......Page 183
4.3. Miracles After the Re-Establishment......Page 185
5. Sergei and German in Icons and Pictures......Page 187
1. Growing List of Saints......Page 196
2.1. Savvatii Solovetskii......Page 200
2.2. Aleksandr Svirskii......Page 202
2.3. Arsenii Konevskii......Page 209
2.4. Saints Long Forgotten: Efrem Perekomskii and Savva, the Founder of Sennoi Monastery......Page 216
3.1. Avraam Rostovskii......Page 223
3.2. Kornilii Paleostrovskii and Adrian (Aleksandr) Ondrusovskii......Page 234
3.3. Gleb/Gennadii Ust-Shekhonskii......Page 240
3.4. Kirill Belozerskii......Page 241
4.1. Afanasii Siandemskii......Page 243
4.2. Evfrosin Sinoezerskii/Terpinskii......Page 245
4.3. German Solovetskii......Page 248
4.4. Archbishop Gennadii of Novgorod......Page 249
5. “Northern Athos”......Page 251
1. The Legend of King Magnus......Page 256
2. Innocent Monks and Cruel Lutherans......Page 274
3. Monastery in the Contested Frontier......Page 278
Conclusion......Page 286
1.2. Letters and Documents......Page 294
2.1. Manuscripts Published in Printed Form......Page 295
2.2. Books......Page 296
4. Reference Literature......Page 299
Index of Names......Page 312