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Հիմնարար հայագիտություն=Fundamental Armenology
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The Preparatory Stage Of The Activity Of The Basel Missionaries In Shushi (1820-1824)
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Translated from Russian by Gevorg Harutyunyan
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missionary ; Shushi ; Russian Empire ; missionary society ; biblicalsociety ; Basel Committee
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The study of the preparatory stage of the activity of the Basel missionaries in Shushi reflects the initial steps and strategic approaches of the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society (BEMS) in penetrating the region through its missionaries, which formed the future basis of their missionary work. Based on Armenian and foreignlanguage sources, we have studied the course, stages, and content of the preparatory period for the Basel missionaries’ activity in Shushi, and analyzed and evaluated their significance and importance for the missionaries’ subsequent mission. The preparatory stage of missionary activity in Shushi covers the years 1820–1824, from the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society’s entry into the territory of the Russian Empire until the missionaries’ establishment in Shushi.