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TO THE PRACTICE OF MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN SEMIRECHIE

The article deals with the issue of the Christianization of the population of Zhetysu and Southern Kazakhstan as part of the Russian Empire, which saw the Russian Orthodox Church as one of the mainstays in the implementation of the colonial policy. Christianization included several activities, the main purpose of which was missionary work, the baptism of non-believers, the change of their socio-cultural environment through Russification, the transition to a sedentary lifestyle, etc. The creation of parochial schools and orphanages for children of other faiths was a significant tool of this policy. Other important areas were the fight against the influence of Sunni Islam, the dominant denomination in the region, by restricting the opening of mosques, mektebs, persecuting mullahs, accusing them of pan-Islamism and pan-Turkism, and publishing and distributing anti-Muslim literature. Although the Russian Empire tried not to cross a certain “red line”, so as not to cause a social explosion of “natives”. Representatives of other Christian denominations – schismatics, Old Believers, Mennonites, Adventists, Baptists, etc.-were also persecuted by the ROC.