Peculiarities of Integration of the Population of Severodonetsk (LNR) into the Russian Federation: Regional and Confessional Aspects
https://doi.org/10.53658/RW2025-4-1(15)-208-223
Abstract
In the context of the integration of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics into the political, economic and cultural space of the Russian Federation, the relevance of studying the history and issues of legal, social, and religious development of new entities within Russia is increasing. Based on historical analysis and data collected by the author during a trip to Severodonetsk in June of 2014, this article presents materials covering the regional and religious features of the area. A distinctive feature of Severodonetsk is that, since 2014, it has become the administrative center and received the status of capital of the Lugansk region of Ukraine. Later, the Ukrainian military-civil administration started working here, and the “SBU directorate for the Donetsk and Lugansk regions” was established. Since this period and up to the liberation of the city by the Russian Army in 2022, Severodonetsk has actively implemented a policy to suppress all pro-Russian movements.
Keywords
Severodonetsk,
the Lugansk People’s Republic,
the Russian Orthodox Church,
the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchy,
ethno-social processes,
the Severodonetsk diocese and the Starobelsk region
Supporting agencies: The article was prepared as part of the implementation of the research project “Monitoring of interethnic relations and civic integration in the Southwestern regions of Russia”.
About the Author
T. V. Tsareva
N.N.Miklukho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tamara V. TSAREVA. CandSc. (Hist.). Research Associate, Head of the Editorial and Publishing Department
32a, Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow, 119334
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Tsareva T.V. Peculiarities of Integration of the Population of Severodonetsk (LNR) into the Russian Federation: Regional and Confessional Aspects. Russia & World: Sc. Dialogue. 2025;(1):208-223. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.53658/RW2025-4-1(15)-208-223
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