2026/3(46)

Contents

HISTORICAL RESEARCH

Filin P.

Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, the search for the Northeast Passage and Russian maritime culture in the late 16th century

APPLIED RESEARCH

Bychkova O.

Role of popular science tourism infrastructure in the popularization and preservation of scientific and technical heritage

Zinovieva N.

Network culture in the context of two approaches to research issues

Kovbasyuk T.

Significant extension to an existing property on the example of the World Heritage site ‘White monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal

Kostina N.

Methodological approaches to working with the cultural heritage of the region in the context of the cultural and educational policy of modern Russia

Khilko N.

Objectification as a form of digital reconstruction of lost cultural heritage in the urban environment of tourist sites Western Siberia

INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE

Kitov Yu., Egorova M.

Genesis and development of Evenki circle dances as a cultural phenomenon of historical and modern Yakutia

CULTURAL HERITAGE STUDIES

Kukhterin S., Yermolov E. 

Karbas of the 17th century. An Oransky find on the coast of Novaya Zemlya

Okorokov A.

40 years of the Marine Arctic Complex Expedition of the Heritage Institute

Seleznev A.

Shamanic ladder in the Muslim cemetery: to the semantics of the ornamented on-grave posts of the Tobol-Irtysh Tatars

Selezneva S.

Identification of immovable cultural heritage objects in Russia: conceptual, regulatory and regional aspects

HERITAGE PRESERVATION

Soloviev A., Berezina N.

International and foreign models for the preservation of immovable cultural heritage: a comparative legal and cultural analysis

Spivak D.

Cultural heritage in actual UNESCO strategy

MUSEOLOGY

Pleshchenko V.

The corporate museum as a tool for preserving the history and accumulating the business reputation of the company

Sarkisova E.

School as a center for the preservation of cultural heritage: from the experience of cultural and educational activities of school museums

Publ. 18/09/2026

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DOI 10.34685/HI.2025.65.59.025

Brilev D.

Russian Language and Orthodoxy in Russia and Africa:
Spiritual and cultural foundations of cooperation
between Russia and African countries

Abstract. The African direction is becoming increasingly important in the modern Russian foreign policy, which necessitates the search for new socio-cultural bases of cooperation between Russia and African countries. Orthodoxy and the Russian language as the most important factors in the spiritual life of both Russian and African peoples can become such a basis for building a solid foundation of intercultural interaction. The article examines the history of the Orthodox presence on the African continent and its current state, assesses the place of the Orthodox mission in the dissemination and popularization of Russian culture, as well as the role of the Russian language in the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Africa. The author concludes that, despite the importance of the Russian Orthodox Church as a conduit of Russian cultural and spiritual values, the potential of Orthodox missions on the African continent has not been fully realized; this area can and should become one of the priorities of Russian foreign policy in the African direction.

Key words: Orthodoxy in Africa, Russian language, intercultural interaction, Russian foreign policy.

Brilev Dmitry Alexandrovich,
Applicant post-graduated student,
Likhachev Russian Research Institute
for Cultural and Natural Heritage (Moscow)
Email: Fonbruld@yandex.ru

Published: The Heritage Institute Journal, 2025/3(42)

URL: http://nasledie-journal.ru/en/journals/772.html

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Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage

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Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage

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