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Social work and religion are closely linked by historical ties and roots. In virtually the entire known world, social support for the needy was inspired by religious and spiritual ideas and dogmas. This did not pass for the Russian state in different periods of its political structure, which has its own national specifics. The paper provides rationale for the continuity of community service as a manifestation of advanced Russian political and philosophical ideas of 19th − 20th centuries. The study showed a more than twofold increase in the number of volunteers in all community-based organizations over the analyzed period of 2012–2020.
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Orchakova, L., Smirnova, Y. & Tokareva, E. Continuity of Community Service: its Revival and Contemporary Development in the Russian Federation. Public Organiz Rev (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-023-00728-y
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