Historical Science on the agreement and nonconformism of the Russian orthodox church in the ussr during the period of oppression in 1950-1960

作者：Serhii Kuksenko · 发表于：Scientific Papers of the Kamianets-Podilskyi National Ivan Ohiienko University History · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.32626/2309-2254.2021-33.52-64 · 被引用次数：1 · 研究领域：Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends、Global Political and Economic Relations、Religion and Society Interactions

The work aims to analyze the publications on the relationship between the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) and the authorities in the USSR in 1950-1960; to investigate the issues of agreement and adaptation of the Church, manifestations of nonconformism and opposition, protection of the interests of the faithful. The research methodology is based on the principles of historicism, problem-solving, comprehensiveness, systematics, and objectivity. The mentioned principles are implemented through the methods of analysis, synthesis, and generalization, historical-comparative, historical-genetic, historical-typological. The scientific novelty consists in the fact that we conducted a historiographical analysis of the problems of agreement and non-conformity of the ROC in relation to the state. It was found that Soviet and official church authors avoided investigation of the tense situations of the relationship between the government and the Church. Most foreign, dissident, and contemporary Ukrainian and Russian researchers point out the lack of militant actions by the Moscow Patriarchate (MP) in the protection of the rights and interests of the believers from state oppression, accusing it in collaboration with the authorities in the question of closing churches. However, the degree and motives of this collaboration are evaluated differently by researchers. It is widely believed that the Patriarchate, trying to “survive” in the conditions of atheistic politics, to “adapt” to the Soviet ...