Russian Orthodoxy in the Years of the Revolutionary Turning point Rogozny P.G. (2018) The Orthodox Church and the Russian Revolution. Essays on history. 1917-1920. Moscow: Publishing house “The Whole world”. 304 p.

Abstract

The review examines the monograph of the St. Petersburg historian Pavel Gennadyevich Rogozny “The Orthodox Church and the Russian Revolution. Essays on history. 1917-1920”, such a productive result of many years of research efforts to analyze historiography, archival, newspaper and memoir materials. The author notes the huge changes in the life of the Church . The huge human capital, the sincere asceticism of the church hierarchs and their deep awareness of their mission to Faith and country allowed a genuine miracle to happen: “In fact, the Church became the only official organization of old Russia that di d not institutionally collapse after the revolutions.” The monograph is evaluated as an extremely important, relevant and qualified study. The book will be useful to the scientific community and interesting to a wide range of readers.