A peer-reviewed journal article examining how post-Soviet Russian neo-pagan movements constructed their ideology and used contested source material, including the Book of Veles.
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Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Victor Shnirelman's article in the Cambridge Journal of Anthropology is a peer reviewed study by a specialist in post-Soviet religious nationalism, treated at the top tier as peer reviewed journal scholarship. NotesA peer-reviewed article by Victor Shnirelman, a cultural anthropologist at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology in Moscow who has published extensively on Russian neo-paganism and its use of contested source material. Confirmed to exist and cross checked by search snippet describing its content and citation, Cambridge Journal of Anthropology, volume 21, issue 3, pages 18 to 36. No freely accessible copy was found, so no url is recorded here rather than guessed.
Citation
AuthorVictor A. Shnirelman
PublisherCambridge Journal of Anthropology
Publication Year2000
Source Typepeer-reviewed article
Connections
Associated With
Veles, Deities This source names Veles directly: "source material, including the Book of Veles."
Source Perun, Svarog and Others: Russian Neo-Paganism in Search of Itself (Cambridge Journal of Anthropology)Victor A. Shnirelman
Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)
This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 13 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 2 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Articles, 10 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
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