title: Blasphemy and Violence during the Russian Revolution and the Early Years of the Soviet Union
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metadata.value: Beliakova, Nadezhda А.
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metadata.value: 2023-10-09T20:16:35Z
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metadata.value: 2023-10-09T20:16:35Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-09
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metadata.value: Beliakova N. A. Blasphemy and Violence during the Russian Revolution and the Early Years of the Soviet Union. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2023, vol. 39, issue 3, pp. 581–594. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2023.314
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2023.314
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/44163
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metadata.value: This article analyzes incidents of blasphemy that occurred both during and in the period immediately
  following the Russian Revolution. The debate on blasphemy in revolutionary Russia
  was initially tied to the political system and ecclesiastical structure of the Romanov Empire.
  One possible explanation for this anomaly is the political discourse of a “victorious revolution”,
  according to which revolutionary turmoil had birthed a modern, progressive and secular
  society. A reconstruction of debates on blasphemy, and of sacrilege too, do not fit this narrative.
  The Soviet state used a rhetoric that would historically have been seen as blasphemous as
  well as actions that would have been dubbed sacrilegious to push its agenda for modernization,
  for the redistribution of material resources, the de-legitimization of imperial institutions
  and the neutralization of political opponents. Violence was a steady companion here. It could
  take the form of repression by removing relics and liturgical vessels that were venerated by
  individual believers. It could be cleansing whereby the relic of a saint would be destroyed. Violence
  also emerged in the physical exchanges between State officials and believers resisting the
  unsealing of relics and usage of liturgical vessels outside of worship or mass as well as countering
  the expulsion of church valuables. Finally, a form of symbolic violence could be found in
  the way in which the faithful were forced to attend the display of relics in public exhibition hall
  or in the photographic coverage of sacrilegious acts. This was a deliberate move to confront
  and hurt the feelings of individual believers. This was a deliberate move to confront and hurt
  the feelings of individual believers.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 39; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: blasphemy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: violence
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: history of Russian Orthodox Church
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russian Revolution
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: confiscation of church valuables
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: cult of dead bodies
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: relics examination
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: ecclesiastical folklore
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Blasphemy and Violence during the Russian Revolution and the Early Years of the Soviet Union
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metadata.value: Article
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