Adventists and Pentecostals of Donetsk Region in the Late Soviet Era: Between the Scylla of Legalization and the Charybdis of Opposition

The article describes religious policy of the Soviet government concerning the Protestant communities on the basis of archival materials. Two different models of Soviet policy in the field of religion are analyzed, using the activities of the Commissioner of the Council for Religious Affairs in the...

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Authors: Salata, Oksana Oleksiïvna (Author) ; Nikiforov, Karen (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: George Fox University 2021
In: Occasional papers on religion in Eastern Europe
Year: 2021, Volume: 41, Issue: 4, Pages: 95-106
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