The german population of Northern Kulunda: the specific character of the ethnoconfessional processes in 1950-1960s
The paper addresses the religious life of German population of Northern Kulunda Steppe (the South of Novosibirsk region) during the «virgin and low-fallow lands campaign» (1950-60s). The author focuses primarily on socialization and existential aspects of Volga and Siberian Germans' traditional confessional institutions, which functioned under anti-religious policy of the Soviet State.