Religious buildings as centers for the preservation of the traditional cultureof ethnic diasporas in St. Petersburg
This article discusses the cultural and spiritual centers of ethnic diasporas in the context of the complex cultural space of St. Petersburg, as well as their role in preserving and maintaining the cultural identity of the city’s foreign ethnic communities. Representatives of ethnic diasporas within their spiritual and social centers, whose activities are aimed, inter alia, at preserving the traditional culture of such communities, receive various kinds of support - perform religious ceremonies, take an active part in the socio-cultural activities organized by such centers, satisfy the need for communication in the native language and much more