title: The Situation of Religious Communities in Western Siberia in the Context of the State Confessional Policy in the Mid-1950s — Early 1960s
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metadata.value: Dashkovskiy, P. K.
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metadata.value: Zibert, N. P.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-09-19T12:29:22Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-09-19T12:29:22Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-06
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Dashkovskiy P. K., Zibert N. P. ‘The Situation of Religious Communities in Western Siberia in the Context of the State Confessional Policy in the Mid-1950s — Early 1960s’, Modern History of Russia, vol. 12, no. 2, 2022, pp. 477–490.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu24.2022.213
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/37808
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: State resolutions issued during the period under review were aimed at strengthening scientific and
  atheistic propaganda and eradicating religion in society, as a result of which religious communities trying to obtain
  registration faced hidden opposition from the authorities. At the same time, registered communities were
  forced to account for numerous regulations of the state authorities. Otherwise, they could lose their state registration
  and cease their activities. This situation provoked the emergence of a large number of unregistered religious
  groups, and on the other, strengthened the position of registered associations due to the constant influx of new
  believers into them. Special attention is paid to the study of the situation of religious communities in Western Siberia
  in the late 1950s — early 1960s, when a new wave of church closures took place within the framework of the anti-
  religious campaign of N. S. Khrushchev. During this period, not only clergymen, but also ordinary parishioners
  came under the special control of state authorities. In addition, the activities of the so-called “forbidden sects”
  were completely banned, the list of which was defined in the instructions for the application of legislation on cults,
  published in 1961. In addition, in order to reduce the role of religion in Soviet society, resolutions were issued that
  negatively affected the economic situation of churches. The study concluded that the administrative pressure
  exerted by the authorities on religious associations, the introduction of a system of registration of persons who
  attend church, and the repressive methods of work of state regulatory bodies, not only provoked the growth of
  illegally operating religious groups, but also increased the number of people hiding their religious beliefs.
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metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (RSF), project no. 19-18-00023 “Religion and
  power: historical experience of state regulation of religious communities in Western Siberia and neighboring regions
  of Kazakhstan in the 19th–20st Century”.
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metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 12; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: confessional policy
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: atheism
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: anti-religious propaganda
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: religion
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Western Siberia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: USSR
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Situation of Religious Communities in Western Siberia in the Context of the State Confessional Policy in the Mid-1950s — Early 1960s
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metadata.value: Article
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