The peoples of the Middle Volga region in the perspective of historical-religious studies Yakovа Dmitrievichа Koblova

In recent decades the study of the history, ethnography, cultural heritage and languages and peoples of Russia takes on important theoretical and practical significance. Increasingly, the attention of scientists, politicians turned to the problems of historical and ethnographic character, to the processes of cultural development of Russia in pre-revolutionary and Soviet periods. In this respect the appeal to the experience of large scientific and educational center of Russia - Kazan Theological Academy is very important and relevant. It is not coincidence, because it is here in the second half of XIX - early XX centuries he conducted research on the history, ethnography, culture and languages of the Finno-Ugric, Turkish and Mongolian peoples of the Volga region, the Urals and Siberia. Teachers an only Russian missionary offices professionally studied the history and teachings of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, pagan beliefs and peoples. It should be noted that the study of religious systems and languages of non-Russian peoples have acquired here features peculiar to "Kazan school" with its practical missionary orientation. Fulfilling the state order to conduct large-scale missionary policy on the basis of the Russian language and Orthodoxy, teachers and graduates of the Academy has managed to produce only its inherent methods and techniques of research, to create interesting works on the history and Ethnography. Here are put into practice new ideas and formed a galaxy of talented scholars, including N.I. Ilminsky, E.A. Malov, N.P. Ostroumov, M.A. Mashanov, P.K. Jousset, J.D. Koblov, etc. Among the graduates of the missionary anti-Islam Department outstanding theologian, social activist, teacher - J.D. Koblov (1876-?). In 1900-1908. J.D. Koblov worked as a kazan anti-Islam and anti-Paganism missionary of the Kazan diocese, in 1908-1914 as an inspector of national schools of Kazan county of Kazan province, 1914 - the Kiev educational district, 1920-1924 - Professor of the far Eastern State University. J.D. Koblov managed to create an interesting ethnographic work about the peoples of the Middle Volga region, which are of great interest to modern researchers. During numerous visits to the villages of the Kazan province, he was able to gather a wealth of ethnographic material on multinational people of Kazan province, their culture, way of life, religious beliefs, education system and educational institutions. In his works he pays considerable attention to the study of the activities of the Muslim clergy, confessional schools of Tatars, their mythology, tatar muslim holidays, religious law and customs, etc. As a scientist he was able to gather a wealth of ethnographic material on multinational people of Kazan province, their culture, way of life, religious beliefs and the education system, etc.

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