Religious practices of the clergy in the discourse of the implementation of anti-religious policy inthemid-1920s (based on the materials of the Samara Province)

In: Izvestiya of Saratov University. History. International Relations, Band 22, Heft 4, S. 550-555

Abstract

This article is motivated tostudy the process ofconstructing Sovietsociety and reconstructing the everyday practices of representatives of religious organizations of the Samara province, who used various ways to counteract the implementation of anti-religious policy pursued by the authorities. The results of the study illustrate various practices used by representatives of various faiths against the anti-religious policy of the Soviet government in order to stop the process of destruction of the religious worldview of the population and consolidate their supporters. These practices became one of the necessary means of preserving religious integrity and allowed religious denominations to join the struggle with the party leadership for the preservation of the traditional consciousness of the emerging Soviet society.