MENTALITY OF KUZNETSK PEASANTS (THE END OF XVIII - THE FIRST HALF OF XIX CENTURY) Article III. Value of Life and Perception of the Power
The task to concretize manifestations of mental installations of perception of authorities and the value of life of the rural commoner is set. The attention to a subject is caused by need for studying of regional features of the country psychology defining the spiritual base of the Russian society. The task to concretize manifestations of mental system of perception of authorities and the value of life of the rural commoner is set. The attitude towards monarchs Lord’s anointed and existence of cases of a pseudo imposture are noted. For peasants, extraordinary meetings with representatives of the provincial authorities were presented. Concerning officials local (district, volost, factory) level already there were no naive ideas of high calling of servants of the tsar. Therefore at local stereotypic behavior on the basis of doublethinking was a product of the repeating severe lessons of a mismatch between an obligation and circumstances of its carrying out was considered as norm. Examples of the country revolt caused by manifestation of contradictions between the beginnings created in country psychology are given: “wordly” associated with will and “state” with fundamental for strengthening the Russian society, but curtailing the rights of national self-government. Valid conclusion about that at the moments of a hopelessness or fear “on life” accompanying the material and moral unsuccessful layer of the peasantry, superficially acquired elements of religious morals (in the absence of a habit to follow standards of the secular legislation) in consciousness of certain inhabitants under certain circumstances gave way to installation on self-preservation by the price of life of other person.