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영어

In the past, Blagoslovennoe in Amurian oblast' of Priamurian region was one of the model settlements established and designed by the Russian government which would cost 15,271
ruble to immigrate people. The authorities and Russian Orthodox Church were trying to russianize Koreans through Russian schooling and mission work in the long run. For this, the first
cathedral was built in memory of Aleksander Nevski in September, 1871 and a school for Koreans was established in Blagoslovennoe, in May 1872.
In the 20th century, a boy’s and a girl’s school were newly established and education for Koreans continued to thrive with the effort of the authorities and Russian Orthodox Church. With
the authorities and Russian Orthodox Church’s efforts and cooperation of young generation of Korea resulted in such growth. Additionally, establishment of the Vladivostok main parish church in Siberia, 1899 helped the education for Koreans to gain further attention and support. And G.V. Podstavin’s study on the ways to develop the education for Koreans encouraged the Priamurian authorities to continue to support the russianizing education for Koreans.
However, although the authorities and Russian Orthodox Church’s policy for mission and russianization for Koreans in Blagoslovennoe produced some visible results, there were still
substantial matters and limitations to be solved.
One of the problems was in the Korean way of life, which is isolated. Although almost 20 years had passed after Koreans moved into Blagoslovennoe, they still lived in the same way they
used to in Korea and the Estern Orthodox Church, which Koreans believed, made it hard to successfully Christianize Koreans. Also, the state of russianization of Koreans was at a low level and there was no resident priest until early of 1880’s(there were no resident priests not later than 1890’s). Lastly, Korean’s administrative autonomy hindered the russianization and mission for Koreans.
The reason that russianization and mission for Koreans could not make success was resulted from the authorities and Russian Orthodox Church’s discontinuous concerns and insufficient
efforts. Furthermore, the Anti-Korean policy conducted under the domination of P.F. Unterberger, who was the General-governor of Priamurian, had negative effects on the russianization and mission for Koreans.
Considering the backgrounds of movement and settlement of Blagoslovennoe, the Russian government regarded it one of the best regions satisfies the required condition for assimilation and russianization. However, discontinuous concerns and insufficient support brought about unsatisfactory results. In other words, despite all the formative features, the Russian Orthodox
Churches’ efforts for Christianize Koreans could not make a great success with the Priamurian authorities’ unsustained attention and considerable limitations.

한국어

러시아 세속당국과 정교회 지도부는 정교신앙과 학교교육을 통해서 아무르주 블라고슬로벤노예 마을(사만리) 한인들의 러시아화를 유도해내고자 했다. 한인교육의 성장 원동력은 세속당국 및 정교회 선교부의 적절한 활동과 교구교육을 받은 젊은 한인세대의 협조 속에서 찾아볼 수가 있다. 또한 블라디보스톡 주교구 설립(1899), 그리고 그해 설립된 동방대학과 포드스타빈(G.V. Podstavin)의 한국학 연구도한인의 기독교화 및 러시아화에 적지 않은 영향을 미쳤다.
하지만 세속당국과 정교회의 블라고슬로벤노예 마을 한인의 기독교화 및 러시아화 정책은 가시적인 성과들에도 불구하고 본질적인 문제와 계 속에서 수행되었음을 엿볼 수 있다. 우선은 20세기에 들어서까지 이어진 한인의 고립적인 조선식 생활방식의 유지를 들 수 있다. 또 하나는 정교신앙을 통한 한인들의 삶이 여전히 비기독교적인 상황에 머물러 있었다는 점이다. 그 외에도 한인들의 러시아화가 낮은 수준에 있었다는 점과 마지막으로 한인들의 행정적인 자치권한도 한인들의 기독교화 및 러시아화의 진행을 더디게 만들었다는 점을 들 수 있다.
결과적으로 20세기에 들어서까지 한인들의 만족스럽지 못한 내적인기독교화 및 러시아화의 요인은 지방당국의 관심과 노력이 지속되지 못한 것에서 찾아볼 수 있다. 러시아 정부는 자신들의 발의로 이주시킨한인들에 대해서조차 지속적인 관심과 충분한 지원을 하지 않았으며, 이는 결국 한인들의 낮은 러시아화라는 불만족스러운 결과를 낳았다. 즉 러시아 정교회의 아무르주 한인선교 활동은 세속당국의 적은 관심과 한계 속에서 수행되어 왔으며, 그로 인해 한인들의 러시아화 상태 또한 마을의 형성배경에 비해 만족할 만한 수준 가운데 있지 못했다고 볼 수 있다.