LEADER 03962nam 2200589 450 001 9910811409503321 005 20230808200629.0 010 $a1-5017-5758-X 010 $a1-60909-204-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9781501757587 035 $a(CKB)3710000000957118 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4745800 035 $a(OCoLC)953387299 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse57192 035 $a(DE-B1597)572391 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501757587 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4745800 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11300706 035 $a(OCoLC)964283061 035 $a(OCoLC)1229161680 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000957118 100 $a20161212h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aSocialist churches $eradical secularization and the preservation of the past in Petrograd and Leningrad, 1918-1988 /$fCatriona Kelly 210 1$aDeKalb, Illinois :$cNorthern Illinois University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (433 pages) $cillustrations, photographs 225 0 $aNIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies 311 $a0-87580-743-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a"October has caught up with the church": the separation of church and state, 1918-1923 -- Monuments to the golden age: the canons of preservation, 1924-1928 -- Churches in the Socialist city: crash industrialization, rational Atheism, and city planning, 1929-1940 -- The great patriotic church war destruction, post-war reconstruction, 1941-1953 -- The scientific assault on God: church-monuments in the Khrushchev era, 1953-1964 -- Cynosures of the city: church buildings as national heritage, 1965-1988. 330 $aIn Russia, legislation on the separation of church and state in early 1918 marginalized religious faith and raised pressing questions about what was to be done with church buildings. While associated with suspect beliefs, they were also regarded as structures with potential practical uses, and some were considered works of art. This engaging study draws on religious anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, and history to explore the fate of these "socialist churches," showing how attitudes and practices related to them were shaped both by laws on the preservation of monuments and anti-religious measures. Advocates of preservation, while sincere in their desire to save the buildings, were indifferent, if not hostile, to their religious purpose. Believers, on the other hand, regarded preservation laws as irritants, except when they provided leverage for use of the buildings by church communities. The situation was eased by the growing rapprochement of the Orthodox Church and Soviet state organizations after 1943, but not fully resolved until the Soviet Union fell apart. Based on abundant archival documentation, Catriona Kelly's powerful narrative portrays the human tragedies and compromises, but also the remarkable achievements, of those who fought to preserve these important buildings over the course of seven decades of state atheism. Socialist Churches will appeal to specialists, students, and general readers interested in church history, the history of architecture, and Russian art, history, and cultural studies. 606 $aAtheism$zSoviet Union 606 $aChurch buildings$zSoviet Union 606 $aHistoric buildings$xConservation and restoration$zSoviet Union 610 $achurches as works of art, Russian churches, church architecture. 615 0$aAtheism 615 0$aChurch buildings 615 0$aHistoric buildings$xConservation and restoration 676 $a322/.109470904 700 $aKelly$b Catriona$0505856 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811409503321 996 $aSocialist churches$94037706 997 $aUNINA