Elena Golovneva, Irina Shmidt Religious Conversion, Utopia, and the Saced Site: Okunevo Village in Western Siberia Elena Golovneva - Cultural Studies and Design Department, Ural Federal University (Ekaterinburg, Russia). golovneva.elena@gmail.com Irina Shmidt - Theology and World Cultures Department, Omsk State University named after F.M. Dostoevskiy (Russia). rebew@rambler.ru This paper reflects on the experience of theorizing a sacred place emerged in the last two decades in Okunevo village in Western Siberia. Using discourse analysis and the ideas of social constructivism, authors specify some contemporary narratives related to Okunevo village. They view this "holy site" as a social product and the interplay of mythological narrative, archeological interpretation and a result of tourist practices. The production ofmythos and "invented traditions" are vital ways in which non-traditional religious communities in Okunevo remember, retell and rearticulate crucial aspects of their religious identity. Specified discourses, being considered as social logics of development of sacred site and forms of its representation, allow us to analyze this sacred space from the historical perspective. Keywords: new sacred space, non-traditional religions, mythology, archeological heritage, Okunevo, Omsk region. Головнева Е., Шмидт И. Обращение к вере, утопия и сакральное место (д. Окунево в Западной Сибири) // Государство, религия, церковь в России и за рубежом. 2015. N 3 (33). С. 291 - 321. Golovneva, Elena and Shmidt, Irina (2015) "Religious Conversion, Utopia, and the Saced Site: Okunevo Village in Western Siberia", Gosudarstvo, religiia, tserkou' v Rossii i za rubezhom 33(3): 291 - 321. стр. 290Введение РАЗВОРАЧИВАЮЩИЙСЯ на наших глазах процесс религиозного возрождения ведет к появлению "святых мест", сакральных пространств, изобретению новых традиций. Такие пространства оказываются антропологически важными местами, с особой атмосферой и аурой, значимость которых невозможно до к ... Читать далее