With Christ in soviet Russia, by V. Ph. Martzinkovski; a Russian Christian's personal experiences of the power of the Gospel in freedom and in prison in connection with the religious movements in U.S.S.R. Rearranged, abridged and translated from Russian, by the Rev. Hoyt E. Porter. Edited and published by the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mart︠s︡inkovskiĭ, V. F. (Vladimir Filimonovich)

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Church and state--Soviet Union--History.

Church and state.

Soviet Union--Religion.

Soviet Union.

Religion.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

5 preliminary leaves, [13]-364 pages 19 cm

Place of Publication:

[Praha], [Printed by Knihtiskárna V. Horák], [©1933]

Contents:

Among the common people

The revolution-early days : "October"

The quest for truth within the orthodox church-the great council of 1917

Spirital dissolution and moral breakdown-young people and religious thirst

Among the anarchists

The harvest-season of the revolution-Samaria in 1918

Religious activities in Samara, 1918-children of the street

Lectures against atheism-A night in the samara "cheka"

Return to moscow-lectures in bogorodsk and Podolsk

The question of military service

The trial of the churchmen

Anti-religious lectures by Lunacharski and others

The ecclesiastical questinon-An interview with patriarch tikhon

Lectures at Samara university-Baptized upon profession of faith

"the second coming"-"Christ and the Jew"

Lectures at Moscow university-The atheists closing in

In the moscow "cheka"

The "cheka" jail

Transfer to Taganka prison

God's providence

The thirst for freedom

My three sources of strength

The orthodox church-the "sectarians"

Easter in prison

The lecture on "beauty"

Preaching the gospel in the prison

Death-prisoners

My examination

Release from prison

In a russian village

The question of the form of religion for Russia- Various orthodox groups-the evangelicals

Petrograd and Odessa

In the Moscow Geh-Peh-Oo

Banished to a foreign land

Last days in Moscow

Farewell to Russia

Russian christianity's message to the west-The secret of victory.

Notes:

The author's experiences "mostly concern the early period of the Russian revolution". The experiences of friends, with some facts taken from official records, bring the narrative up to 1933. cf. Foreword.

"Additional part, based on the latest news from Russia. Religion in the Russia of today" : p. [313]-364

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: Mart︠s︡inkovskiĭ, Vladimir Filimonovich. With Christ in soviet Russia.

OCLC:

4881297