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folklorica-3792	Prestel, David K.	Александр Б. Страхов. Ночь перед Рождеством: народное христианство и рождественская обрядность на Западе и у славян (A. B. Strakhov. Christmas Eve: Folk Christianity and Christmas rituals in the West and in Slavic cultures.)	2021	3	.pdf	application/pdf	1197	48	52	As we seek to understand the nature of Russian popular religion, highly creative, comparative studies like Strakhov’s are an essential part of the process. He convincingly demonstrates, by citing beliefs and ceremonies in Orthodox as well as Catholic countries, that Russian practice is neither unique nor pagan in origin, but, like popular Christian religion practiced throughout Europe, was the product of a folk interpretation of Christian belief that is best understood within the context of a shared Christian heritage developed in socially similar conditions, rather than a common Indo-European past.	cache/folklorica-3792.pdf	txt/folklorica-3792.txt