Professional Affiliation

Associate Professor, University of Rochester

Wilson Center Project

Church, State and Society: Women’s Relgious Communities in Russia

Project Summary

A history of women’s religious communities in Russia from 1764-1917. Includes: origins of the communities, legal relationship between the communities and the secularl and ecclesiastical authorities, the social origins of founders, donors and supporters, their goals and charters, the social structure of the communities, the economic life of the community, spiritual life, biographical sketches, ties to local communities and social and philantrophic role of the communities.