“What can the church of gold give us? Russia could be fed this year and the next!” Source: Hoover Political Poster Database. 2007. With all of the cultural changes happening during the early 1900’s, I found the changing of religion … Continue reading →
Tag: Religion
How the Soviets Tried to Take Religion Out of Russia
by •
The text on this rather brutal poster says “religion is poison- protect your children.” Did religion play a part in the formation of the new Soviet state? Not really, but the Soviet state played a part in the weakening of the Russian Orthodox Church. When the Bolsheviks rose into power in 1917, they immediately began … Continue reading How the Soviets Tried to Take Religion Out of Russia
Why Starve When You Can Steal From the Church?
by •
During the famine that plagued Russia during the early 1920s, the relationship between the Church and state was deteriorating. The Bolsheviks hatched a plan to defeat the Orthodox Church in one decisive blow. With the state in a famine, Lenin needed something to help gain support of the peasants that were struggling through this time. …
Continue reading “Why Starve When You Can Steal From the Church?”
The Forgotten Victims of 1905
by •
One of the most interesting aspects of the 1905 revolution to me was the treatment of minorities by the revolutionaries and the government alike. I have learned in the past about the revolution and its political implications, but this seems almost like a forgotten sidebar to the revolution. In a time filled with so much … Continue reading →
Civil Unrest Led to Government Instigated Pogroms
by •
A ceremony at the Jewish cemetery in honor of an anniversary of the Russian Revolution of 1905, Dvinsk (now Daugavpils, Lat.), ca. 1910. The Yiddish and Russian banners honor “fallen comrades” and one Yiddish banner (second from left) reads, in
Yeah, (divine) Right!
by •
Religion was used as a uniting factor between the Tsar and the Russian principalities in the formation of the Russian state and for centuries following. “The East Roman conception of the derivation of power from God, and its relationship with ecclesiastical authority” (Madariaga, 12) became essential to Russian leadership. It represented a religious relationship with … Continue reading Yeah, (divine) Right!
Russian Jews and the Revolution of 1905
by •
Many of the factors that led to the Russian Revolution of 1905 were nationalistic issues. As Russia expanded in the 19th century, it became even more of a multiethnic empire. However, there was a hierarchy of religions in Russian society. Jewish people, especially, had always been subject to discrimination, but as the 20th century began, … Continue reading Russian Jews and the Revolution of 1905
The Ever Changing Solvetskiy Monastery
by •
Grave of the Gagarin Princes, Village of Suchki 60 Versts from Tver Russian Photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii photographed two burial memorials on the south wall of the Transiguration Cathedral of the Solvetskiy Monastery. Avraamii Palitsyn is buried under the metal canopy while Petr Kalnishevskii is buried in the foreground with the stone burial marker. The Solvetskiy […]
Kasli: The “Iron” Religious Kingdom?
by •
“The Kasli Iron Works plant, founded in 1747 and known for its high quality of cast iron products, had a work force of more than 3,000 people” (Business Insider). According to the World Digital Library: Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii ventured on several trips around the Ural Mountains, visiting Kasli in 1910. Kasli is home to one … Continue reading Kasli: The “Iron” Religious Kingdom?
Religious Importance in Russia
by •
This is the excerpt for a featured content post.
