Soviet Repression Against Russian Orthodox Priests in Lithuania in 1946–1953 (Based on Materials from the Lithuanian Archives) Cover Image

Советские репрессии против православных клириков Литвы в 1946–1953 гг.: по материалам литовских архивов
Soviet Repression Against Russian Orthodox Priests in Lithuania in 1946–1953 (Based on Materials from the Lithuanian Archives)

Author(s): I. V. Petrov
Subject(s): History
Published by: Издательство Исторического факультета СПбГУ
Keywords: Soviet repressions; Orthodox Church; Orthodoxy in Lithuania; Civil war in Lithuania; “new religious course of Stalin”

Summary/Abstract: This article concerns the problem of the Soviet repression of Russian Orthodox clerics in Lithuania in 1940-1953. The main phases of this repressive activity are shown on the example of concrete cases. The key materials for this article are taken from Lithuanian archival repositories, such as Lithuanian Special Archive and Lithuanian Central State Archive.

  • Issue Year: 3/2013
  • Issue No: 08
  • Page Range: 161-173
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Russian