The Russian Orthodox Church, 1917-1948
Daniela Kalkandjieva The Russian Orthodox Church, 1917-1948 From Decline to Resurrection This book tells the remarkable story of the decline and revival of the Russian Orthodox Church in the first half of the twentieth century and the astonishing U-turn in the attitude of the Soviet Union’s leaders towards the church. In the years after 1917 the Bolsheviks’ anti-religious policies, the loss of the former western territories of the...
