1. Background -- 2. Muscovy, the Russian Empire, and the Catholic Church -- 3. Soviet Russia and the Catholic Church, 1917-1921 -- 4. Soviet Russia and the Catholic Church, 1921-1924 -- 5. The Catholic Church and Vatican initiatives, mid-1920s-1930 -- 6. The Kremlin, the Catholic Church, and collectivization, 1928-1933 -- 7. Soviet Russia and the Catholic Church under Stalin, 1933-1934 -- 8. Soviet Russia and the Catholic Church under Stalin, 1935-1939 -- 9. Conclusion. |