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Keeping the faith : Russian orthodox monasticism in the Soviet Union, 1917 1939 / Jennifer Jean Wynot.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wynot, Jennifer Jean, 1971-
- Series:
- Eugenia and Hugh M. Stewart '26 series on Eastern Europe.
- Hugh M. and Eugenia Stewart series on Eastern Europe
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orthodox Eastern monasticism and religious orders--Soviet Union--History.
- Orthodox Eastern monasticism and religious orders.
- Soviet Union--Church history.
- Soviet Union.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Wynot presents a concise history of the trials and evolution of Russian Orthodox monasteries and convents and the important roles they have played in Russian culture, both spiritually and politically, from the abortive reforms of 1905 to the Stalinist purges of the 1930s.
- Contents:
- The church on the eve of the 1917 revolution
- Revolution, Civil War, and famine, 1917 1922
- The new economic policy years, 1921 1928
- The good Friday of Russian monasticism, 1928 1934
- The descent into hell, 1934 1939.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-221) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-05306-8
- 1-60344-640-0
- OCLC:
- 774384433
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