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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">scidial</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Научный диалог</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Nauchnyi dialog</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2225-756X</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2227-1295</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Limited Liability Company "Center for Scientific and Educational Projects" (CSEP)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24224/2227-1295-2026-15-1-467-485</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">scidial-6855</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ИСТОРИЧЕСКИЕ НАУКИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>HISTORY</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Мормоны и мормонское квазигосударство на страницах российских популярных иллюстрированных журналов (начало 1870-х годов)</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Mormons and Quasi-state of Mormonism in Russian Popular Illustrated Periodicals (Early 1870s)</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7328-4927</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Прилуцкий</surname><given-names>В. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Prilutsky</surname><given-names>V. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Прилуцкий Виталий Викторович, доктор исторических наук, профессор кафедры всеобщей истории и международных отношений </p><p>Брянск</p><p> </p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Vitaly V. Prilutsky, Doctor of History, Professor, Department of General History and International Relations </p><p>Bryansk</p><p> </p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">vitaliypr@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Брянский государственный университет имени академика И. Г. Петровского</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Bryansk State Academician I. G. Petrovski University</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>27</day><month>01</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>15</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>467</fpage><lpage>485</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Прилуцкий В.В., 2026</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Прилуцкий В.В.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Prilutsky V.V.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.nauka-dialog.ru/jour/article/view/6855">https://www.nauka-dialog.ru/jour/article/view/6855</self-uri><abstract><p>Изучается восприятие американских мормонов (Церкви Иисуса Христа Святых последних дней) в России, содержавшееся в материалах российских иллюстрированных литературных, политических и научно-популярных журналов «Нива», «Живописное обозрение стран света» и «Всемирная иллюстрация» (1870—1873 годы). Показано, что успешное освоение мормонами обширных незаселенных территорий в районе Большого Соленого озера и Скалистых гор Северной Америки выглядело в XIX веке необычным явлением. Сделан вывод, что статьи в отечественных периодических изданиях основывались преимущественно на сведениях, заимствованных из зарубежной (западноевропейской и американской) прессы и публицистики. Установлено, что уникальный феномен мормонов, стремившихся на практике реализовать свою религиозную и социальную утопию, многие журналисты и публицисты — современники событий понять не смогли. Сообщается, что статьи о «святых последних дней» в отечественных иллюстрированных журналах были полны непроверенных слухов и противоречивых оценок (в них указывалось на очевидные успехи мормонов в освоении территории Юта и их трудолюбие, но при этом осуждалась их «глупость» и «нелепые» верования). Отмечается, что российские журналисты разделились в попытках осмысления мормонов: от негативного и критического отношения к общине до нейтрального и полного симпатий описания религиозного сообщества. </p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This study examines how American Mormons (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) were perceived by the Russian public through articles published in popular illustrated literary, political, and scientific journals such as “Niva,” “Illustrated Review of Countries” (“Zhivopisnoe Obozrenie Stran Sveta”), and “Worldwide Illustration” (“Vsemirnaya Illyustraciya”) during the period from 1870 to 1873. It highlights that the successful colonization of vast uninhabited territories in the region of Great Salt Lake and Rocky Mountains in North America appeared as an unusual phenomenon in the nineteenth century. The analysis reveals that these journalistic accounts primarily relied on information borrowed from foreign sources, including Western European and American press materials. The research demonstrates that many contemporary journalists and commentators failed to comprehend the unique phenomenon of Mormons attempting to implement their religious and social utopia in practice. Articles about the “Latter Day Saints” in Russian illustrated magazines were filled with unchecked rumors and contradictory assessments, praising the evident achievements of Mormons in settling Utah territory and highlighting their industriousness while simultaneously criticizing them for their supposed naïveté and absurd beliefs. Furthermore, it is noted that Russian journalists diverged significantly in their interpretations of Mormonism, ranging from negative and critical attitudes towards the community to neutral or sympathetic portrayals of this religious group.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>новые религиозные движения</kwd><kwd>мормоны</kwd><kwd>Церковь Иисуса Христа Святых последних дней</kwd><kwd>Джозеф Смит-младший</kwd><kwd>Бригам Янг</kwd><kwd>отражение исторических событий в российской периодике</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>new religious movements</kwd><kwd>Mormons</kwd><kwd>Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</kwd><kwd>Joseph Smith Jr.</kwd><kwd>Brigham Young</kwd><kwd>reflection of historical events in Russian media</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Антоненко С. Г. Мормоны в России. 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