"Время купли наступает...": Медиативные функции коррупции в отношениях старообрядчества и власти в России XVIII первой половины XIX в.

"The Time of Buying is Coming...": Mediative Functions of Corruption in the Relations of Old Believers and the State Authority in Russia in the XVIII First Part of XIX Centuries

In the article is analyzed the use of corruption by the old believers in Russia in the XVIII first part of the XIX century to counteract the repressive tendencies of the state politics towards the old belief, to preserve and strengthen the old believers communities. The author makes a conclusion on the meditative character of such a defensive-corruption system, which was salving the negative sides of the state politics and was ensuring further development of old believers entrepreneurship.