THE DYNAMICS OF THE OPENING OF CHURCHES AND PRAYER HOUSES IN THE CHELYABINSK REGION IN THE PERIOD OF "WARMING" OF CHURCHSTATE RELATIONS. 1943-1948 YEARS

Abstract

On the basis of archival materials of the State Archive of the Russian Federation, for the first time introduced into the scientific revolution, examined the activities Commissioners by the Council for the Russian Orthodox Church at the Council of People’s Commissars (Union Ministers) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the Chelyabinsk region in 1943-1948, during the “warming” state-church relations. Emphasis is placed on the analysis of the activities Commissioners when dealing with petitions the faithful about the opening of temples and prayer houses. Quantifies the opening of churches and prayer houses in the Chelyabinsk region in the period under review; provides a comparison with those of the whole country; designated specific problems in the activities authorized related to the process of opening Orthodox churches and prayer houses in the Chelyabinsk region in the postwar period.