THE PROTESTANTISM AND MIGRATION: THE RELOGIOUS FACTOR OF THE GERMAN RESETTLEMENT TO THE NORTH CAUCASUS
The article analyzes the religious factor of migration processes. The Protestants migrated to those territories whose conditions were suitable for the realization of their confession, or they could strictly follow it. The territory of the North Caucasus met the requirements of the Protestantism, such as lack of order, primitive forms of social life, remoteness of institutions of power. Here the Protestants evangelized the population (Protestant missionaries), preserved the purity of faith (Mennonites), sought a place of salvation for the true believers on earth (representatives of the Exodus Movement).