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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of World History</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of World History</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Всеобщая история</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-8127</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-833X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">29420</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-8127-2021-13-4-374-383</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Religion and Politics in the Middle East</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Религия и политика в странах Ближнего Востока</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The situation of Syrian Christians in the context of the Arab Spring events</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Положение сирийских христиан в контексте событий «арабской весны»</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Medvedko</surname><given-names>Sergei Leonidovich</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Медведко</surname><given-names>Сергей Леонидович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD (History), Associate Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>старший научный сотрудник, канд. истор. наук, доцент кафедры международной безопасности факультета международных отношений и зарубежного регионоведения</p></bio><email>smedvedko@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Russian State University for the Humanities</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский государственный гуманитарный университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021-11-12" publication-format="electronic"><day>12</day><month>11</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>13</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">History of the East: religion, politics, international relations</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">История Востока: религия, политика, международные связи</issue-title><fpage>374</fpage><lpage>383</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2021-11-12"><day>12</day><month>11</month><year>2021</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2021, Medvedko S.L.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2021, Медведко С.Л.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2021</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Medvedko S.L.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Медведко С.Л.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/world-history/article/view/29420">https://journals.rudn.ru/world-history/article/view/29420</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">The article is based on the information published in foreign and Russian sources and media, as well as on the basis of the author’s own research and interviews carried out in Syria. The aim of the work is to study the situation of Syrian Christians after the events of the Arab Spring-2011. This is the scientific novelty of the topic. The article is devoted to the problems that not only touched, but most dramatically affected the life of Christians in Syria, who traditionally presented at least 12% of its population (and much more in the past). They are representatives of the “most indigenous” religion in the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR). The work also traces the role of Christians in the history and socio-political life of Syria, analyzes their current situation, evaluates the events of recent years and draws appropriate conclusions. In particular, the author believes that the Arab Spring led not only to huge human and economic losses, but also to serious ethno-confessional structural changes in the society of the SAR. With the possible disappearance of this native part of the Syrian population, who lived here and represented almost all the inhabitants of that region before the Islam, the republic may lose not only 12 percent of the most educated and active part of its population, but also its tourist attractiveness in the eyes of the whole world. Although Syria has always been considered the cradle of Christianity it could lose its reputation as one of the most tolerant countries of the Arab world.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">На основе информации, опубликованной в иностранных и российских источниках, в СМИ, а главное - благодаря собранным материалам, полученным в результате проведенных собственных изысканий, интервью и исследований в Сирийской Арабской Республике (САР), автор рассматривает положение сирийских христиан в свете происшедших там с 2011 года событий «арабской весны». В этом заключается научная новизна темы. Работа посвящена тем проблемам, которые не просто коснулись, но самым драматическим образом повлияли на жизнь христиан Сирии, а они традиционно составляли не менее десяти процентов населения страны (а в прошлом - значительно больше) и являются, можно сказать, представителями «самой коренной» религии в Сирийской Арабской Республике - христианства. В статье прослеживается также роль представителей этой конфессии в истории и общественно-политической жизни Сирии, анализируется современная ситуация, в которой оказалось сегодня христианское население данной арабской страны, дается анализ событий последних лет и соответствующие выводы. В частности, автор считает, что «арабская весна» привела не только к колоссальным человеческим и экономическим потерям, но и к серьезным этноконфессиональным структурным изменениям в обществе САР. С уходом этой исконно сирийской части населения, проживавшей здесь задолго до прихода в 7 веке ислама и представлявшей в те времена почти всех жителей того края, республика может лишиться не только 12 процентов самой образованной и активной части своего населения, но и потерять в глазах всего мира туристическую привлекательность как страны - колыбели христианства и утратить репутацию одного из самых толерантных государств арабского мира.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Syria</kwd><kwd>Christians</kwd><kwd>extremism</kwd><kwd>the Arab Spring</kwd><kwd>Bashar al-Assad</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Сирия</kwd><kwd>христиане</kwd><kwd>экстремизм</kwd><kwd>арабская весна</kwd><kwd>Башар Асад</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Basma Qaddour. Adnan Azzam Unmasks Hidden Face of War on Syria before French Public Opinion. 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