scholarly journals Комсомольская организация Калмыкии и ее антирелигиозная деятельность (1921–1941 гг.)

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 929-936
Author(s):  
Baatr A. Okonov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Religious Activity ◽  
Religious Policy ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Local Party

The article aims to examine episodes of anti-religious activity of the Komsomol organization of Kalmykia in 1921–1941. The research is based on archival and published materials. The analysis of archival documents shows that despite the anti-religious policy actively pursued by Soviet authorities, the local party and Komsomol organizations failed to establish a system of effective anti-religious propaganda in Kalmykia. Notably, in their anti-religious activity, the Komsomol members had to deal with the multi-confessional population in Kalmykia. Granted the lack of guidelines for organizing the campaign against Buddhism, they often had to rely on practices used in the anti-religious work against Christianity: e.g., to follow the successful example of ‘Komsomol’ Christmas, the Tsagan Sar and other Kalmyk holidays were also introduced as ‘Komsomol’ events. Also, it was recommended that in their anti-religious work, the Komsomol activists were to take advantage of the split of the Buddhist clergy. After repressions against the clergy of all confessions that took place in the late 1930s, the anti-religious activity of the Komsomol organization in Kalmykia was reduced to formal work.

Problems of development of the party education system in the Far East of the USSR in the 1930s

2021 ◽  
pp. 225-236
Author(s):  
Aleksandr A. Isaev
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Far East ◽  
Organizational Control ◽  
Political Education ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Progressive Development ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Low Degree ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Local Party

The work is devoted to the study of forms, methods, approaches, peculiarities of functioning and problems of development of the system of party and political education in the Far East of the USSR in the 1930s. Based on the analysis of archival documents, it is substantiated that many problems of the development of this system were due to its isolation from the basic party and political educational centers and dictated the specific features of its functioning. They are as-sociated with the limited material and human resources, its frequent substitution with economic activities, as well as indifference to it on the part of party and economic leaders in the field. It is proved that this, in turn, led to an underestimation of the importance of party training on the part of workers and employees, their poor coverage of education and a low degree of attendance at training events. The central and local party and political leadership constantly tried to solve the problems that hindered the progressive development of party and political education. However, despite their actions to strengthen organizational, control and other measures for the development of party and political education, the situation remained complex and ambiguous.

scholarly journals THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN THE CONDITIONS OF SOVIET RELIGIOUS POLICY OF THE LATE 40’S – EARLY 50’S. XX ST. IN TRANSCARPATHIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (32) ◽  
pp. 17-24
Author(s):  
Anatoliі Tershak
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Seventh Day Adventist ◽  
Religious Politics ◽  
Vital Activity ◽  
Religious Policy ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Post War ◽  
State Regional

This study attempts to analyze the activities of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Transcarpathia in the context of the Soviet religious politics of 1944-1953. Attention is drawn to peculiarities of the introduction of the Soviet-type management on the territory of the region and its consequences for the researched religious community; additionally, its vital activity in the conditions of the anti-religious politics of the Soviet Union is revealed. This research is one of the first scientific attempts to summarise the available archival information and carry out a comprehensive comparative analysis of the activities of the Adventist communities of Transcarpathia in the context of the post-war USSR politics. The documents from the state regional as well as private archives were utilised as the basis for the study. The archival documents of local communities and materials from published sources and researches on related topics are involved. During the study, an attempt was made to involve all available documents on this topic.

scholarly journals Blessed Klymentii Sheptytskyi as the authority of the UGCC: analysis of religious activity

2020 ◽  
pp. 11-26
Author(s):  
Victoria Chornopyska
Keyword(s):  
National Culture ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Religious Activity ◽  
Sacred Art ◽  
Soviet Government ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Christian Morality ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Clear Statement

On the basis of a large array of archival documents and historiographical base, the activity of Klymentii Sheptytskyi as abbot of the Holy Assumption Univ Lavra is highlighted. The analysis of this suggests that the abbot Klymentii not only contributed to the restoration of the model of the convents of the Studio Charter, but thanks to the author’s messages and works became the charismatic law-maker of this model. The author found out that the monasteries of the studio, headed by the abbot Klymentii, were able to: consolidate the Ukrainian emigrants, resist the denationalization from both the Russian and Polish sides; to spread education among young people and children, which has influenced the process of education in the religious-patriotic spirit of the Eastern Galician society; to create religious and ecclesiastical periodicals and a network of monastic libraries, which played a significant role in the development of Christian and national ideas among the local population; revive sacred art, which greatly enriched the national culture; support and care for the vulnerable, including orphans, the sick and the poor. In the article it is proved that the activity of abbot Klymentii (Sheptytskyi), first, became an important factor and criterion of moral and spiritual enrichment of Ukrainians, secondly, is a clear statement that the GCC stood on the principles of Christian morality, national and cultural tolerance and upholding — religious interests of Ukrainian, and the monasteries of the Studio Charter became one of the greatest expressors, the guarantor of the realization of national and cultural interests of Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia. Keywords: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Klymentii Sheptytskyi, church-religious complex, clergy, repression, liquidation of the UGCC, soviet government.

SOCIAL ASPECTS OF YOUTH RELIGIOUS CULTURE AS A FACTOR OF SOCIAL STABILITY IN KAZAKHSTAN AND RUSSIA: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 131-141
Author(s):  
Aliya Nysanbayeva
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Young People ◽  
Population Group ◽  
Religious Culture ◽  
Religious Activity ◽  
Religious Policy ◽  
Social Instability ◽  
Religious Extremism ◽  
Holy Places ◽  
Younger Generation

As of this time, the religious behavior of young people, the specifics of their religious practices and their general attitude to religion have not been adequately studied. The same fully applies to the influence of youth religious culture on the religious environment. Meanwhile, a better understanding of the religiosity level among young people and its specific features would have produced a more balanced and more adequate religious policy and helped preserve interconfessional harmony and stability in the post-Soviet space. In the course of our studies we defined the level of religiosity by the extent to which the sacral duties (i.e., fasting, praying, pilgrimage to holy places and voluntary offerings) were observed. The attitude of the younger generation to religious extremism was also examined. We based our research on the results of public opinion polls among the young people in the cities of Turkestan (Kazakhstan) and Nizhnekamsk (Tatarstan, Russian Federation). It turned out that the level of religiosity (as per the above parameters) among the young people of Tatarstan was lower by almost two times than that in Kazakhstan, yet the type of their religious culture does not negatively affect religious stability. The high and ever-growing level of religiosity among all population groups (younger generation included) is present in the southern regions of Kazakhstan (the Turkestan Region being no exception), which are seen as a zone of high risk of religious extremism. The results of recent studies, however, confirmed that current social instability is not rooted in youth radicalism: the level and nature of religious activity in this population group are not a threat to religious stability in the region. Indeed, the majority of the respondents in the Turkestan Region had no personal experience of dealing with radical religious extremists; a smaller part (a third) of the respondents believes that the threat is real. In Tatarstan, on the other hand, the share of respondents who are aware of the threat of religious extremist activity and fear it is nearly 40%; the share of those who admit that religious extremists are present among the republic’s younger generation is even higher (81%). While the majority of the respondents assessed the religious situation in Tatarstan as fairly stable, 40% remained convinced that religious extremists may destabilize the religious environment in the region. Since the level of religiosity among the polled young people in Tatarstan is nearly half the size of that in Kazakhstan, it can be defined as a zone of low youth religious activity. The level of religiosity in Turkestan makes it a zone of average religious activity. Comparative analysis of the religiosity level among the younger generation helped us identify certain factors that negatively affect interconfessional stability in Kazakhstan and Russia and suggest an efficient religious policy.

China's Religious Freedom Policy: The Art of Managing Religious Activity

2005 ◽  
Vol 184 ◽  
pp. 894-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatrice Leung
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Religious Activity ◽  
Religious Policy ◽  
Party Leaders ◽  
Jiang Zemin ◽  
National Reconstruction ◽  
Further Development

This article examines how the policy of “religious freedom” has been used to enable the CCP to retain institutional and ideological control over the religious sector of Chinese society. In particular, it looks at how the clash between religious and communist ideologies has evolved, first in the Maoist period and then in the context of reform and openness with the attendant growth of materialism and social change since 1978. A softening in the control of religion to encourage national reconstruction and foreign investment led to a proliferation of religious activity that alarmed Party leaders and triggered a tightening of ideological control and important changes in religious policy. The new policy of “accommodation” and emphasis on “legality” became the watchwords of the Jiang Zemin era. With further development they remain important in the new regime of Hu Jintao.

scholarly journals The Situation of the Jewish Community of Omsk in the Context of Religious Policy of the State in the Second Half of 1945-1960s

2020 ◽  
pp. 34-39
Author(s):  
N.P. Zibert
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Community ◽  
Complete Disappearance ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Soviet Government ◽  
Jewish Communities ◽  
Religious Policy ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
The Face ◽  
Political Conditions

The article examines the legal and socio-economic situation of the jewish community, which functioned in Omsk from 1945 to 1960. The archival documents studied by the authors show that the anti-religious policy pursued in the region under consideration was accompanied by numerous violations and administrative arbitrariness of the soviet authorities against Jewish communities. this was due not only to the desire of local authorities to destroy religious remnants among the population, but also to eradicate "bourgeois nationalism", used as an accusation in the course of mass repressions against national minorities. At the same time, it should be noted the specifics of the functioning of the Jewish community, which sought to preserve its national identity in the new political conditions. Thus, despite the prayer ritual adapted to modern conditions and the recitation of prayers for the soviet government and for comrade Stalin. The community carefully supervised the process of burial in the Jewish cemetery, preventing the burial of people of other nationalities and religions. Great importance was given to the traditional religious holiday, the preparation for which was carried out in the face of opposition of local authorities and gross interference in the internal affairs of the community. In the end, administrative pressure and repressive measures of local authorities led, if not to the complete disappearance of the community, then to a significant damping of religious life within it.

scholarly journals Soviet Religious Policy In Turkestan

2020 ◽  
Vol 02 (12) ◽  
pp. 370-374
Author(s):  
Salmonov Ahmadjon Muqaddasovich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Religious Policy ◽  
Archival Documents

This article describes the Soviet government's religious policy in Turkestan. Based on an analysis of archival documents and other sources, the author scientifically substantiates the Soviet government's religious policy in Turkestan.

scholarly journals Influence of the Commissioners of the Council for Religious Affairs on the Life of the Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in Western Siberia in the Mid 1960s and Early 1980s

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-18
Author(s):  
S.V. Belikov ◽  
N.S. Dvoraynchikova ◽  
E.A. Shershneva
Keyword(s):  
Personnel Management ◽  
Western Siberia ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Religious Activity ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Religious Policy ◽  
Soviet State ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Religious Associations

The article presents the results of the study of the activities of the commissioners of the Council for religious affairs and their influence on the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church in Western Siberia. The publication shows the main areas of work and functions of the commissioners of the Council for religious affairs in the Novosibirsk and Tomsk regions, the Altai territory. The activities of the competent was associated with the establishment of control over all aspects of life of the Russian Orthodox Church's parishes, in reducing the religious activity of the population, the personnel management of the clergy, the control of the ecclesiastical work of the ministry, missionary activities, church authorities and the financial condition of religious unions. The involvement of regional archival materials allows us to reveal the influence of the commissioners of the Council for religious affairs on the activities of religious in the context of state and religious policy in the mid 1960s — early 1980s. The Council for religious affairs, represented by the commissioners, was not only concerned with establishing control over all aspects of the life of religious associations, but also implemented the plans of the soviet state in the fight against religion.

Relative roles of agreeableness and empathy in the prediction of religious activity

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Conrad Baldner ◽  
Gregory S. Longo ◽  
Mark D. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Religious Activity
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