Християнизация Руси и опыты „исповеда о себе”
The Christianization of Russia and the experiences of “confession of myself”

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to confession as the primary form of autobiography. The author connects the experiences of self-understanding of the ancient Russian man with the sacrament of repentance, rooted in Russia along with Christianization. Attempts at self-determination of a person are considered on the basis of three texts of Spiritual Literacy and Confession by Hegumen of the Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery Euphemia Turkova, Tales of the Life of Martyri Zelenetsky, Life of the Protopop Avvakum. As the study shows, confession is almost always determined not only by the need or necessity of repentance before God, but also by attempts to comprehend one’s own life, creating a “history of one’s subjectivity”, which includes various forms of “confessing oneself.” The confessionality of Russian authors includes attempts at reflection, elements of introspection and autobiography, prayer, edification, preaching of religious morality, etc. Through the introduction of Christianity to a man of Ancient Russia, the secret of his own personality began to be revealed.

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