03211nam 22005894a 450 991081673420332120230617030232.0979-88-908719-7-80-8078-6212-6(CKB)111087027917598(EBL)413361(OCoLC)476237117(SSID)ssj0000250473(PQKBManifestationID)11193476(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250473(PQKBWorkID)10231798(PQKB)11263118(Au-PeEL)EBL413361(CaPaEBR)ebr10047159(CaONFJC)MIL930102(MiAaPQ)EBC413361(EXLCZ)9911108702791759820020208d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStalin's holy war[electronic resource] religion, nationalism, and alliance politics, 1941-1945 /Steven Merritt MinerChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20031 online resource (432 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-2736-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-395) and index.Contents; Maps and Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Glossary and Abbreviations; Introduction; The Weight of Tradition; Part I. The Church Redux; 1. Religion and Nationality: The Soviet Dilemma, 1939-1941; 2. Stalin's Holy War Begins,1941-1943; Part II. Fighting the Holy War; 3. A Holy Hatred toward the Enemy: The Church as Servant of Soviet Foreign Policy, 1942-1943; 4. A Vatican of Sorts; 5. The Gatherer of the Ukrainian Lands: The Church and the Restoration of Soviet Power in the Western Borderlands; Part III. Selling the Alliance6. You Made Me Love You: Selling the Alliance Begins7. Amplifying the Soviet Voice; 8. Guardians of the Truth; Conclusion; Sergii's Choice; The Consequences of the Holy Alliance; Notes; Notes; Notes; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index; A-B; C-D; E-H; I-L; M; N-P; R; S; T-V; W-ZHistories of the USSR during World War II generally portray the Kremlin's restoration of the Russian Orthodox Church as an attempt by an ideologically bankrupt regime to appeal to Russian nationalism in order to counter the mortal threat of Nazism. Here, Steven Merritt Miner argues that this version of events, while not wholly untrue, is incomplete. Using newly opened Soviet-era archives as well as neglected British and American sources, he examines the complex and profound role of religion, especially Russian Orthodoxy, in the policies of Stalin's government during World War II.Miner World War, 1939-1945Religious aspectsWorld War, 1939-1945Soviet UnionNationalismSoviet UnionWorld War, 1939-1945Religious aspects.World War, 1939-1945Nationalism940.54/78Miner Steven Merritt1956-1658493MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816734203321Stalin's holy war4012527UNINA