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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" 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" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kaspy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">THE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic" /><issn publication-format="print">1818-510X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="ru">Астраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1876</article-id><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>MODERN OLD BELIEVERS: FROM TRADITIONALITY TO VIRTUALIZATION</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>MODERN OLD BELIEVERS: FROM TRADITIONALITY TO VIRTUALIZATION</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Chernichkin</surname><given-names>Dmitriy A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Chernichkin</surname><given-names>Dmitriy A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>chernichkin95@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3066" /></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Topchiev</surname><given-names>Mikhail S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Topchiev</surname><given-names>Mikhail S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>ceo.gfn@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3067" /></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Dryagalov</surname><given-names>Vyacheslav S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Dryagalov</surname><given-names>Vyacheslav S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>helios82@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3068" /></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff3066"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff3067"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff3068"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" /><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2020-01-30"><day>30</day><month>01</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><issue>4</issue><fpage>134</fpage><lpage>141</lpage><history /><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2019/issue/4/article/1876">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2019/issue/4/article/1876</self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/4(61)/134-141.pdf" content-type="pdf">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/4(61)/134-141.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>The article is devoted to the study of the activities of Old Believer consents in the space of virtual networks. The Old Believer movement is quite conservative, selectively adopting modern technologies and new means of media communication, but is forced to use them to communicate with relatives and friends from other countries, as well as to find a partner for creating marriage and family relations. Today, in the virtual space there is an extensive religious content of the Old Believers: from the official websites of religious organizations to groups and pages on various social networks of community members themselves. A separate aspect of the study will be the analysis of various communication channels between Old Believers in virtual space. The main methodology of this aspect of the study was the content analysis of thematic sites (both official and unofficial), pages and groups in social networks.</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article is devoted to the study of the activities of Old Believer consents in the space of virtual networks. The Old Believer movement is quite conservative, selectively adopting modern technologies and new means of media communication, but is forced to use them to communicate with relatives and friends from other countries, as well as to find a partner for creating marriage and family relations. Today, in the virtual space there is an extensive religious content of the Old Believers: from the official websites of religious organizations to groups and pages on various social networks of community members themselves. A separate aspect of the study will be the analysis of various communication channels between Old Believers in virtual space. The main methodology of this aspect of the study was the content analysis of thematic sites (both official and unofficial), pages and groups in social networks.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>старообрядцы</kwd><kwd>виртуальное пространство</kwd><kwd>культурная идентичность</kwd><kwd>религиозная идентичность</kwd><kwd>семья</kwd><kwd>трансформация</kwd><kwd>Old Believers</kwd><kwd>virtual space</kwd><kwd>cultural identity</kwd><kwd>religious identity</kwd><kwd>family</kwd><kwd>transformation</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>старообрядцы</kwd><kwd>виртуальное пространство</kwd><kwd>культурная идентичность</kwd><kwd>религиозная идентичность</kwd><kwd>семья</kwd><kwd>трансформация</kwd><kwd>Old Believers</kwd><kwd>virtual space</kwd><kwd>cultural identity</kwd><kwd>religious identity</kwd><kwd>family</kwd><kwd>transformation</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement /></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement /></funding-group></article-meta></front><body /><back><ref-list /></back></article>