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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463704403321

Autore

Chumachenko T. A (Tatiana Aleksandrovna)

Titolo

Church and state in Soviet Russia : Russian Orthodoxy from World War II to the Khrushchev years / / Tatiana A. Chumachenko ; edited and translated by Edward E. Roslof

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

0-7656-0749-2

1-315-70569-9

1-317-47462-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

New Russian History

Altri autori (Persone)

RoslofEdward E. <1956->

Disciplina

322/.1/094709044

Soggetti

Church and state - Soviet Union - History

Electronic books.

Soviet Union Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2002 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Church and state from World War II until 1948 -- 2. Church-state relations between 1948 and 1957 -- 3. The Soviet state and the Russian Orthodox Church, 1958-61.

Sommario/riassunto

Church-state relations during the Soviet period were much more complex and changeable than is generally assumed. From the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 until the 21st Party Congress in 1961, the Communist regime's attitude toward the Russian Orthodox Church zigzagged from indifference and opportunism to hostility and repression. Drawing from new access to previously closed archives, historian Tatiana Chumachenko has documented the twists and turns and human dramas of church-state relations during these decades. This rich material provides essential background to the post-Soviet R