Vladimir Bohoras’s ‘Minimum of Religion’
Essays on Religious Studies June 17, 2026 DOI: 10.71294/ers.2019.12 (opens in new tab)
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| Key findings | Vladimir Bogoras's basic concept of animism remained unchanged throughout his works, with only his later writings showing exposure to political conjuncture and Marxist censorship. |
Abstract
Abstract. This review discusses the book Bogoraz, Vladimir Germanovich. From the Archive: Selected Works on Shamanism, 1934–1936 (2018), prepared for publication by the Russian researchers Marianna Shakhnovich and Ekaterina Teryukova. The review briefly summarizes the book and discusses its design, focusing particularly on those scholars who compiled the archival materials. The discussion then moves to Vladimir Bogoras’s main ideas, especially regarding the religious consciousness of the indigenous population of Siberia. A brief comparative analysis of the author’s early works and the publications presented in the collection follows. It is then concluded that the basic concept of animism remained unchanged throughout Vladimir Bogoras's works, and that only his later writings contain traces of exposure to the political conjuncture and censorship of Marxist ideology.