Foreign policy factor in State-Church relations in the Soviet Union during World War II and early post-war

Ruslan Rustamovich Ibragimov; Aivaz Minnegosmanovich Fazliev; Chulpan Khamitovna Samatova; Boturzhon Khamidovich Alimov

Ruslan Rustamovich Ibragimov Institute of International Relations.
Aivaz Minnegosmanovich Fazliev Institute of International Relations.
Chulpan Khamitovna Samatova Institute of International Relations.
Boturzhon Khamidovich Alimov Tajik State University of Law, Business and Politics

Palabras clave: Soviet state, Russian Orthodox Church, World War II, believers and clergy, Eastern Europe in the post-war period.

Resumen

The objective of the research was to study Russian State and Orthodox church relations in the context of world war II and the early post-war years. The line of this article is due to the important role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the history, modern political and cultural life of Russia. In this sense, the period of State-Church relations in the USSR during world war II, known in Russia as a great patriotic war, is of great scientific interest because it was the time when the government was forced to make adjustments to its religion policy. Methodologically based on a wide range of documentary sources, the authors of the article have identified the place and role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the foreign policy of the USSR during the approach. In this sense, it is felt that the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in building relations with the allies of the anti-Hitler coalition and its place in the expansion of the Soviet political system in Eastern Europe was of paramount importance as a foreign policy factor.

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Biografía del autor/a

Ruslan Rustamovich Ibragimov, Institute of International Relations.

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Russian History, Institute of International Relations.

Aivaz Minnegosmanovich Fazliev, Institute of International Relations.

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Russian History, Institute of International Relations.

Chulpan Khamitovna Samatova, Institute of International Relations.

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Historical and Social Studies, Institute of International Relations.

Boturzhon Khamidovich Alimov, Tajik State University of Law, Business and Politics

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of International Relations, Tajik State University of Law, Business and Politics (Republic of Tajikistan, Khujand).

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