This book tells the remarkable story of the decline and revival of the russian orthodox church in the first half of the twentieth century and the astonishing u turn in the attitude of the soviet unions leaders towards the church in the years after 1917 the bolsheviks anti religious policies the loss of the former western territories of the russian empire and the soviet unions . The russian orthodox church 1917 1948 from decline to resurrection from decline to resurrection routledge the politics of religion in eastern europe and the ussr . This book tells the remarkable story of the decline and revival of the russian orthodox church in the first half of the twentieth century and the astonishing u turn in the attitude of the soviet unions leaders towards the church in the years after 1917 the bolsheviks anti religious policies the loss of the former western territories of the russian empire and the soviet unions . This book tells the remarkable story of the decline and revival of the russian orthodox church in the first half of the twentieth century and the astonishing u turn in the attitude of the soviet unions leaders towards the church in the years after 1917 the bolsheviks anti religious policies the loss of the former western territories of the russian empire and the soviet unions . The russian orthodox church 1917 1948 from decline to resurrection routledge religion society and government in eastern europe and the former soviet states 1st edition by kalkandjieva daniela 2014 hardcover books amazonca