title: Military Chaplaincy in the Russian Army during the First World War
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metadata.value: Starostenko, Eleonora V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-03-04T21:23:06Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-03-04T21:23:06Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Starostenko E. V. Military Chaplaincy in the Russian Army during the First World War. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2021, vol. 66, issue 4, рp. 1084–1099.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2021.403
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/35478
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article examines the service of chaplains in the Russian army in 1917. The Institute of
  Chaplains was established in response to the growth of revolutionary propaganda in the army.
  The process of introducing a position and responsibilities imposed by official instructions
  are analyzed in the article. The main duties of the chaplains involved conducting talks and
  speaking to the soldiers. The article provides data on the appointment, transfer and dismissal
  of priests from the position of a chaplain. The most competent and experienced clergy were
  employed. However, in some armies this position was vacant for a long time, while in others
  there was a turnover of priests. The article also describes activities of the chaplains in the
  armies and expands on interaction with regimental priests. The observations of the chaplains
  enable to conclude about the decline in the spirit of the military clergy. The subject of the
  speeches, its compliance with the instructions of the protopresbyter are considered. The article
  focuses on the issue of the attitude of soldiers to chaplains and their speeches. It ranged from
  benevolence to explicit discontent and aggression. Although contemporaries praised the work
  of the military clergy, the reports reflected a less positive perception. Some chaplains did not
  fulfill the duties assigned to them; they allowed evasion from service in demoralized military
  units, familiarity with officers. The work of conscientious priests could not bring about serious
  results in the current social and political situation. The article was prepared on the basis of
  archival materials not previously published.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
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. History;Volume 66; Issue 4
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: military clergy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the office of the Protopresbyter of Army and Navy priesthood
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: army preachers
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the First World War
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: February revolution
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Military Chaplaincy in the Russian Army during the First World War
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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