Russian Orthodoxy, Nationalism and the Soviet State during the Gorbachev Years, 1985-1991
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Church State Relations
church-state dynamics
Danilov Monastery
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External Church Relations
faith and nationalism
Gleb Yakunin
Gorbachev's rule
Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti
Literaturnaia Gazeta
Military Chaplaincy
Millennium Celebrations
Moscow Patriarchate
Moscow Patriarchate relations
National Academy
official Soviet policy
Orthodox Church under Gorbachev
Patriarch Aleksii
Patriarch Aleksii II
Patriarch Kirill
Patriarch Pimen
Patriarch Tikhon
perestroika era reforms
religious dissidence USSR
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Russian National Idea
Russian National Identity
Russian nationalism
Russian Nationalist Ideology
Russian Orthodoxy
Sovetskaia Rossiia
Soviet foreign policy goals
Soviet religious policy
Tsar Nikolai II
UGCC
USSR Law
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- ISBN 9781032163307
- Weight: 680g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 30 Sep 2021
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book examines how the Russian Orthodox Church developed during the period of Gorbachev’s rule in the Soviet Union, a period characterised by perestroika (reform) and glasnost (openness). It charts how official Soviet policy towards religion in general and the Russian Orthodox Church changed, with the Church enjoying significantly improved status. It also discusses, however, how the improved relations between the Moscow Patriarchate and the state, and the Patriarchate’s support for Soviet foreign policy goals, its close alignment with Russian nationalism and its role as a guardian of the Soviet Union’s borders were not seen in a positive light by dissidents and by many ordinary believers, who were disappointed by the church’s failure in respect of its social mission, including education and charitable activities.
Sophie Kotzer completed her doctorate at the University of Leicester
