“It is necessary to act with extreme caution in order to protect the soviet authorities from any accusations of interference in religious affairs”. An unknown document of the State Political Directorate on instigating the split in the Russian Orthodox Church

The article introduces a new document of the GPU Secret Department on the instigating the Renovationist split in the Russian Orthodox Church. This is the postal telegram No. 24968s of May 29, 1922, signed by the Head of the Secret Operative Directorate of the GPU V. R. Menzhinsky, and by the Head of...

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Main Author: Savin Andrey
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: St. Tikhon's Orthodox University 2024-12-01
Series:Vestnik Pravoslavnogo Svâto-Tihonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta: Seriâ II. Istoriâ, Istoriâ Russkoj Pravoslavnoj Cerkvi
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Online Access:https://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/8337
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