Autochthonous religiosity and priests of the Mari in 1920s — 1930s (based on materials of the Mari regional society of local lore)
... an effort to identify and document new sources on this subject and to facilitate further comparative-historical research, the author analyzes materials from the State Archive of the Republic of Mari El (GARME) to trace the development trends of the priesthood within the Mari traditional religion and to reconstruct the broader context of religious practices among the Mari population living in the Mari Autonomous Region during the 1920s—1930s, according to the administrative division in force at ...
