Borodina, Alla Valentinovna

Borodina gained fame as the author of the chronologically first textbook on the course " Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture ". The textbook was published in 2002 and caused significant resonance in society and mixed assessments. According to the examination of the Department of Religious Education of the Russian Orthodox Church ,

the textbook was compiled at a fairly high cultural and methodological level, impeccably maintained in a culturological spirit, the authors draw on rich historical material, give an understanding of the impact of the Orthodox faith on the formation of Russian culture, and show the spiritual and moral significance of Orthodoxy for its further development. <...> There are currently very few such books and this development can be recommended for all secondary schools in Russia as a textbook ^[2] .

The head of the Center for the Study of Religions of the Russian State Humanitarian University, N. V. Shaburov, in his review expressed the opinion that the textbook “contains incorrect statements that contribute to inciting religious and ethnic hatred” ^[3] . Doctor of Law, Professor M. N. Kuznetsov and Doctor of Philology, Professor V. Yu. Troitsky published a review of the expert opinion of N. V. Shaburov, noting errors and indicating that N. V. Shaburov “intentionally or because of his incompetence, he distorted historical facts, “fitting” them to the result he needed - to find the provisions that arouse religious enmity in the textbook of A. V. Borodina, “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture” ^[4] .

Some authors argue that the textbook contains confessional and nationalist ideas. In their opinion, the textbook identifies the concepts of “ Russian ” and “ Orthodox ”; some “new residents” (read: non-Orthodox) of Russia who “are not always as noble as Russians behave on the territory of a traditionally Orthodox state” (p. 13) ^{[5] are offended} . The textbook also says that “for Orthodox Russian people it is sacrilege to even call an icon in a temple a work of art, examine it, be enthusiastic, evaluate its artistic merits” (p. 193). Secretary of the Board of the Union of Writers of Russia A. B. Dorin , an active supporter of the introduction of the course, in a speech at a press conference "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture - the Concept of Life and Creativity" stated ^[6] that " Dostoevsky ... formulated:" Russian is Orthodox. " That's all! No shorter formulas! Everything is so clear here! What is this point ... the support was Fedor Mikhailovich. Hence the deed of Alla Valentinovna [Borodina]. ”

Borodina’s textbook has been criticized by some priests who do not belong to canonical church jurisdictions. Yakov Krotov ^[7] noted that the author of the textbook

denounces religions whose beliefs are not shared ... Borodin does not even expound the history of the Russian Orthodox Church, but a Russian modification of the theory of German romantics ... contains paraphrases of medieval legends that have no factual basis, as well as some modern superstitions ... accustoms students (and teachers) to non-critical the perception of various rumors and pseudo-sensations from the yellow press ... the view [on the "guests" of the Russian people] contradicts the foundations of the Christian faith ... nationalism of the "bazaar type" ... classic anti-Semitic I rant ... is not illuminated the history of Russian Christian thought ...

Borodina’s textbook was somewhat edited and published as such in the second edition in 2003, although the author preserved fragments that caused the most protests ^[8] . A.V. Borodina herself spoke on this subject as follows:

<...> And then they tried to imagine that I had corrected the textbook a bit. Not true! I can work on the text, but what the xenophobic campaign requires will never happen. I have not and will not fix it! Orthodoxy is a tradition of faith given to the world by the Savior through his disciples and other eyewitnesses of the Atonement and Resurrection. The course "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture" tells about this tradition and its embodiment in different forms of the most important phenomenon of human existence - culture. Neither facts nor dogmas can be corrected! That's why they are the basics, so as not to be changed. Even if all liberal showmen-theologians openly unite with xenophobes who want to reform Orthodoxy by educational means, and with developers of various other courses, at first glance similar in name, and change everything that they have the right to, the course that I am developing is “Fundamentals Orthodox culture ”- will keep its concept true to the Orthodox tradition. The basics will remain the basics ^[9] .

The textbook by A. V. Borodina was approved by the Coordination Council for Interaction between the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and the Moscow Patriarchate ^[10] , but did not receive the stamp of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and cannot be used in the general educational process ^[11] .

1. Borodina A.V. Fundamentals of Orthodox culture: We and our culture. Study Guide for Grade 1. - Ed. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. - M., 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.
2. Borodina A.V. Fundamentals of Orthodox culture: The world around and inside us. Study Guide for Grade 2. - Ed. 1st, 2nd, rev. - M., 2004, 2006. Recommended by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.
3. Borodina A.V. Fundamentals of Orthodox culture: The world around and inside us. 2nd grade. Workbook. - Ed. 1st, 2nd. - M., 2004, 2007. Recommended by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.
4. Borodina A.V. Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture: What the Icon and the Bible Tell About. Study Guide for Grade 3. - Ed. 1st, 2nd, rev., 3rd, rev. - M., 2006, 2007, 2008.
5. Borodina A.V. Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture: What the Icon and the Bible Tell About. Workbook for Grade 3. - Ed. 1st, 2nd, rev. - M., 2007.
6. Borodina A.V. Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture: What the Icon and the Bible Tell About. A reader for grade 3. - M., 2008.
7. Borodina A.V. Fundamentals of Orthodox culture: Orthodoxy is a culture-forming religion of Russia. A manual for students in grade 4. - Ed. 1st, 2nd, rev., 3rd. - M., 2004, 2006, 2007. Approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.
8. Borodina A.V. Fundamentals of Orthodox culture: Orthodoxy is a culture-forming religion of Russia. Workbook for students in grade 4. - M., 2008.
9. Borodina A.V. History of religious culture: Fundamentals of Orthodox culture. Textbook for basic and senior education. - Ed. 1-5th. - M., 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007. Recommended by the Coordination Council for Interaction between the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church for secondary schools, lyceums, gymnasiums and Sunday schools.
10. Borodina A.V. Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture: Early Christianity. Study Guide for Grade 7. - M., 2008.

1. Borodina A.V. History of religious culture: curriculum for comprehensive schools, lyceums, gymnasiums. - Ed. 6th fix and add. - M., 2007.
2. Borodina A.V. History of religious culture: Concept and curriculum. - M., 2001.
3. Borodina A.V. The concept of religious-cognitive historical-cultural education. - Ed. 2nd, rev. - M., 2009.
4. Borodina A.V. Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture: Organization of the course. - Ed. 2nd, rev. - M., 2007.
5. Borodina A.V. Fundamentals of Orthodox culture: We and our culture. 1 cl. A manual for teachers. - Ed. 1st, 2nd rev. - M., 2005, 2007.
6. Borodina A.V. Fundamentals of Orthodox culture: The world around and inside us. 2 cl. A manual for teachers. - Ed. 3rd, fix and add., 4th rev. - M., 2006, 2007.
7. Borodina A.V. Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture: What the Icon and the Bible Tell About. A manual for teachers. - M., 2007.
8. Borodina A.V. History of religious culture: Fundamentals of Orthodox culture. Section 6. A manual for teachers. - Ed. 2nd, rev. and add., 3rd. corrected - M., 2006, 2007.

1. Borodina A.V. History of religious culture: Fundamentals of Orthodox culture. Grades 1-4. Training album of 12 sheets (Demonstration material). - Ed. 1st, 2nd, M.: Exam, Spectrum, 2007, 2008.
2. Borodina A.V. History of religious culture: Fundamentals of Orthodox culture. 5-9 grades. Training album of 12 sheets (Demonstration material). - M.: Exam, Spectrum, 2008.
3. Borodina A.V. History of religious culture: Fundamentals of Orthodox culture. 10-11 classes. Training album of 12 sheets (Demonstration material). - M.: Exam, Spectrum, 2008.

1. Borodina A.V. Culture and creativity in kindergarten. The program of upbringing and education of preschool children. - Ed. 1st, 2nd, rev. and add. - M., 1997, 2007.
2. Borodina A.V. Fundamentals of Orthodox culture: Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. For preschool children. - Ed. 1st, 2nd. - M., 2006, 2008.
3. Borodina A.V. Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture: Christmas. For preschool children. - Ed. 1st, 2nd. - M., 2006, 2008.
4. Borodina A.V. Fundamentals of Orthodox culture. Demonstration material for preschool children in 2 hours. Part 1. - Ed. 1st, 2nd, rev. - M., 2006, 2007.
5. Borodina A.V. Fundamentals of Orthodox culture. Demonstration material for preschool children in 2 hours. Part 2. - Ed. 1st, 2nd, rev. - M., 2006, 2008.

1. Borodina A.V. Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture: Dictionary-Reference. - M., 2008.

1. Borodina A.V. Veliky Novgorod: Features of temple architecture. - M., 2007.
2. Borodina A.V. Byzantinism and the Russian national style. - Ed. 1st, 2nd, - M., 2006, 2009.
3. Borodina A.V. History of education based on the traditions of national culture. - Ed. 1st, 2nd, - M., 2006, 2007.
4. Borodin A.V. Nicholas the Miracle Worker St. Lycian World Zaraisk icon. - Ed. 1st, 2nd, rev. - M., 2006, 2007.
5. Borodina A. V. Style features of the art world of the novel Crime and Punishment as a means of reflecting the worldview of F. M. Dostoevsky. - M., 2004.
6. Borodina A.V. Shatrovy temple in Russian culture. - Ed. 1st, 2nd, - M., 2006.
7. Borodina A. V. The cultural influence of Byzantium and the formation of the Russian national style. (The First September Library, Art series. Issue 6 (12). - M.: Chistye Prudy, 2006.
8. Borodina A.V. Tent temple. (The First September Library, Art series. Issue 6 (12). - M.: Chistye Prudy, 2005.

1. Borodina A.V. Save the truth. // Russian history. - 2009. - No. 2 (4) - S. 62.
2. Borodina A.V. The Greatest Treasure. // Russian writer. - 2004. - No. 1 (76) - S. 1-2.
3. Borodina A.V. Meeting. // Russian writer. - No. 24 (75) December 2003. - S. 4.
4. Borodina A.V. The main task for today is to educate, reveal and protect a person! // People’s Cathedral. - 2007. - No. 2. - S. 1-2.
5. Borodina A.V. Iconostasis. // Art. - 2008. - No. 5 (389). - S. 10-11.
6. Borodin A.V. Icon and picture. // Art. - 2009. - No. 5 (413). - S. 14-17.
7. Borodin A.V. St. Isaac's Cathedral. // Art. - 2008. - No. 5 (389). - S. 18-19.
8. Borodina A.V. History of religious culture: Concept and program for secondary schools, lyceums, gymnasiums. // One hundred friends (supplement to the Teacher’s newspaper). - 2002. - November 28. - No. 48. - S. 6.
9. Borodina A.V. History of religious culture: Methodology of the course. // One hundred friends (supplement to the Teacher’s newspaper). - 2002. - December 19. - No. 51. - S. 6.
10. Borodina A.V. History of religious culture: Purpose, features and objectives of the course. // One hundred friends (supplement to the Teacher’s newspaper). - 2002. - November 21. - No. 47. - S. 1, 6.
11. Borodina A.V. History of religious culture: Regulatory justification of the course. // One hundred friends (supplement to the Teacher’s newspaper). - 2002. - December 5. - No. 49. - S. 6.
12. Borodina A.V. History of religious culture: curriculum. // Library of the journal “Bulletin of Education”. - 2004. - No. 6.
13. Borodina A.V. Princely architecture. // Art. - 2006. - No. 6 (342). - S. 5-6.
14. Borodina A.V. Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery. // Art. - 2009. - No. 7 (425). - S. 16-17.
15. Borodina A.V. The concept of the development of the Russian school according to the model of continuous multidisciplinary education. // Collection "Slavic culture - education." - M .: APKiPRO of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, 2000. - S. 187—192.
16. Borodina A. V. Course "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture" and the future of Russia. // The Spirit of the Christian. - 2006. - No. 5 (23). - S. 1.4.
17. Borodina A. V. Course "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture" as a mechanism of socialization of youth. // Fundamentals of Orthodox culture in the education system. Materials of the section of the XIV International Christmas Educational Readings. - M., 2006 .-- 14-18.
18. Borodina A.V. Materials for the lesson. // Art. - No. 6 (342), March 16-31, 2006. - S. 7.
19. Borodina A.V. On the return to the roots of spirituality. // Second Arzamas Cathedral Meetings: Local History Seminar. Materials - Arzamas: Arzamas Pedagogical Institute. A.P. Gaidar, 2004 .-- S. 250—253.
20. Borodina A.V. On the educational potential of creativity of F. M. Dostoevsky. // Education. - 2005. - No. 1. - S. 47-63.
21. Borodina A. V. About the tasks and experience of teaching the school course “History of Religious Culture”. // Historical Bulletin. - M.-Voronezh, 2001. - No. 13-14. - S. 524-528.
22. Borodina A. V. About the tasks and experience of teaching the school course “History of Religious Culture”. // Orthodoxy and culture of the ethnos. International Scientific Symposium October 9-13, 2000, Moscow. Abstracts of reports. - M .: Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS, Association of Ethnographers and Anthropologists of Russia, 2000. - S. 194-195.
23. Borodina A.V. Fundamentals of religious culture. // The spiritual origins of education. Almanac. - 2002. - No. 1. - S. 97-114.
24. Borodina A. V. Report on the implementation of the project "Religious education in a public school." // Education. - 2005. - No. 1. - S. 47-63.
25. Borodina A.V. Orthodoxy is a culture-forming religion of Russia. // School newspaper, Moscow. reg. - 2005. - No. 10. - S. 3-4.
26. Borodina A.V. Concepts of Sin and Virtue. // Spirit of the Christian - 2005 .-- December 14. - No. 1. - S. 14.
27. Borodina A.V. A split in consciousness. // One hundred friends (supplement to the Teacher’s newspaper). - 2002. - November 28. - No. 48. - S. 8.
28. Borodina A.V. A split in consciousness (continued). // One hundred friends (supplement to the Teacher’s newspaper). - 2002. - December 5. - No. 49. - S. 1, 8.
29. Borodina A.V. A split in consciousness (continued). // One hundred friends (supplement to the Teacher’s newspaper). - 2002. - December 12. - No. 50. - S. 1, 8.
30. Borodina A.V. A split in consciousness (continued). // One hundred friends (supplement to the Teacher’s newspaper). - 2002. - December 19. - No. 51. - S. 8.
31. Borodina A.V. Religious culture in the Russian school. // Ethnosphere - M., 2000. - No. 9. - P. 10-12.
32. Borodina A.V. Savvino-Storozhevsky monastery. // Art. - 2009. - No. 17 (425). - S. 18-19.
33. Borodina A.V. Holy Trinity St. Sergius Lavra. // Art. - 2009. - No. 17 (425). - S. 10-12.
34. Borodina A.V. Holy Trinity Ipatiev Monastery. // Art. - 2009. - No. 17 (425). - S. 13-15.
35. Borodina A.V. The family of Russia is dedicated. // Education. - 2004. - No. 12. - S. 14-20.
36. Borodina A.V. St. Basil's Cathedral. // Art. - 2008. - No. 5 (389). - S. 14-15.
37. Borodina A.V. Lessons of religion at school - the norm of a secular state. // Person and law. - 2009. - No. 2. - S. 76-82.
38. Borodin A.V. Temples of the Moscow Kremlin. // Art. - 2008. - No. 5 (389). - S. 16-17.
39. Borodina A.V. Church of the Intercession on the Nerl. // Art. - 2008. - No. 5 (389). - S. 12.

• Laureate of the International Competition of Children and Youth Fiction and Popular Scientific Literature A.N. Tolstoy.
• Cavalier of the Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh III degree.