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Stalin's holy war : religion, nationalism, and alliance politics, 1941-1945
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Stalin's holy war : religion, nationalism, and alliance politics, 1941-1945

Author: Steven Merritt Miner
Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2003.
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"Histories of the USSR during World War II generally portray the Kremlin's restoration of the Russian Orthodox Church as an attempt by an ideologically bankrupt regime to appeal to Russian nationalism in order to counter the mortal threat of Nazism. Here, Steven Merritt Miner argues that this version of events, while not wholly untrue, is incomplete. Using newly opened Soviet-era archives as well as neglected  Read more...
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Miner, Steven Merritt, 1956-
Stalin's holy war.
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003
(OCoLC)606930747
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Steven Merritt Miner
ISBN: 0807827363 9780807827369
OCLC Number: 49002013
Description: xix, 407 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents: The Church Redux --
Religion and Nationality: The Soviet Dilemma, 1939-1941 --
Stalin's Holy War Begins, 1941-1943 --
Fighting the Holy War --
A Holy Hatred toward the Enemy: The Church as Servant of Soviet Foreign Policy, 1942-1943 --
A Vatican of Sorts --
The Gatherer of the Ukrainian Lands: The Church and the Restoration of Soviet Power in the Western Borderlands --
Selling the Alliance --
You Made Me Love You: Selling the Alliance Begins --
Amplifying the Soviet Voice --
Guardians of the Truth.
Responsibility: Steven Merritt Miner.
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"Histories of the USSR during World War II generally portray the Kremlin's restoration of the Russian Orthodox Church as an attempt by an ideologically bankrupt regime to appeal to Russian nationalism in order to counter the mortal threat of Nazism. Here, Steven Merritt Miner argues that this version of events, while not wholly untrue, is incomplete. Using newly opened Soviet-era archives as well as neglected British and American sources, he examines the complex and profound role of religion, especially Russian Orthodoxy, in the policies of Stalin's government during World War II." "Miner demonstrates that Stalin decided to restore the Church to prominence not primarily as a means to stoke the fires of Russian nationalism but as a tool for restoring Soviet power to areas that the Red Army recovered from German occupation. The Kremlin also harnessed the Church for propaganda campaigns aimed at convincing the Western Allies that the USSR, far from being a source of religious repression, was a bastion of religious freedom. In his conclusion, Miner explores how Stalin's religious policy helped shape the postwar history of the USSR."--BOOK JACKET.

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