标题：The Confessional Dimension of the Resettlement Policy of the Autocracy in the Kazakh Region at the beginning of the 20th century: the Fight against Sectarian Proselytism
摘要：The article deals with insufficiently studied confessional aspect of the resettlement policy of the autocracy in the Kazakh region at the beginning of the 20th century - the fight against sectarian proselytism. The authors used the materials from the funds of the RGIA and the Central State Archive of the Republic of Kazakhstan, reviews of the regions of the Kazakh Territory, periodicals of the Omsk and Turkestan Diocesan Committees, in which jurisdiction were the regions within the territory of modern Kazakhstan. Based on the results of the study, it was possible to determine that the poly-confessional composition of the population of the region, formed as a result of the peasant migration, included various ethnic groups, isolated on religious grounds. Interethnic contacts were not limited by the processes of economic interaction, but often acquired forms of religious acculturation. With the issuance of the Decree of April 17, 1905 “On strengthening the principles of religious tolerance”, the religious movement in the region revived, there was an increase in sectarian proselytism against the backdrop of a weakening of the Orthodox religiosity of the settlers. In this situation, the clergy feared the conversion of the Orthodox to other faiths, the fall of the authority of the Russian Orthodox Church and autocracy. The unification of the efforts of the spiritual and secular authorities was an important condition for confronting the sectarians, who often used aggressive forms of propaganda of their dogma. With the support of secular authorities, the church used various methods to counter sectarian proselytism, including those borrowed from sectarians. They were not always effective due to the small number of anti-sectarian missionaries in the region and the lack of experience among the clergy in conducting anti-sectarian propaganda.
