Social and economic practices of agricultural communities created by new religious movements in Western Siberia

This article presents the results of the research of three NRMcommunities in Western Siberia conducted by ethnographic method. This research was done in August-September 2011, at the expense of the target grant RGNF "Support for young scientists." In thefirst part a brief description of communities - the Church of the Last Testament (Krasnoyarsk Territory,village Petropavlovka) anastasievs settlement "Sunny Meadow" (Tomsk region, Berezkino) andthe community "anurovtse" (Myski, Kemerovo region) is made. Then, some general conclusions aremade on the results of the study, with emphasis on the analysis of social practices of the communitiesand their economic programs.The assumption is made about the fact that modern NRM communities, despite differences in religiousbeliefs, form a single macro-social enviromment, in which communication between followersof different NRM is carried out on a regular basis. As possible reasons for this phenomenon similarsocio-demographic characteristics of the commune, aggressive external environment, as well as similarworldview attitudes are put forward. In particular, such aspects of these attitudes as "environmental"antikonsyumerizm, similar patterns of interaction between men and women, attitudes toward the institutionof education, etc are considered.In the latter part of the article the economic programs of the three communities is discussed. It isshown that with the same installation to minimize the side of life related to money exchange, two ofthem have chosen the strategy of economic success, while the community of anurovtse oriented onmore radical form - not to use the money.

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