Stalin's Holy War: Religion, Nationalism, and Alliance Politics, 1941-1945Univ of North Carolina Press, 16 жовт. 2003 р. - 432 стор. Histories of the USSR during World War II generally portray the Kremlin's restoration of the Russian Orthodox Church as an attempt by an ideologically bankrupt regime to appeal to Russian nationalism in order to counter the mortal threat of Nazism. Here, Steven Merritt Miner argues that this version of events, while not wholly untrue, is incomplete. Using newly opened Soviet-era archives as well as neglected British and American sources, he examines the complex and profound role of religion, especially Russian Orthodoxy, in the policies of Stalin's government during World War II. Miner demonstrates that Stalin decided to restore the Church to prominence not primarily as a means to stoke the fires of Russian nationalism but as a tool for restoring Soviet power to areas that the Red Army recovered from German occupation. The Kremlin also harnessed the Church for propaganda campaigns aimed at convincing the Western Allies that the USSR, far from being a source of religious repression, was a bastion of religious freedom. In his conclusion, Miner explores how Stalin's religious policy helped shape the postwar history of the USSR. |
Зміст
Introduction | 1 |
The Church Redux | 25 |
Fighting the Holy War | 91 |
Selling the Alliance | 203 |
Conclusion | 315 |
Notes | 337 |
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Stalin's Holy War: Religion, Nationalism, and Alliance Politics, 1941-1945 Steven Merritt Miner Обмежений попередній перегляд - 2003 |
Stalin's Holy War: Religion, Nationalism, and Alliance Politics, 1941-1945 Steven Merritt Miner Перегляд фрагмента - 2003 |
Stalin's Holy War: Religion, Nationalism, and Alliance Politics, 1941-1945 Steven Merritt Miner Попередній перегляд недоступний - 2014 |
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