Christian Confessions of the SFRY in the Archival Materials of the Council for Religious Affairs Under the Council of Ministers of the USSR in 1980-1991

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Abstract

Based on the materials available for study from the Council for Religious Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the USSR from its fond in the State Archive of the Russian Federation, an attempt was made to analyze the degree and mode of involvement of the Council for Religious Affairs in the interaction of religious organizations of the USSR and the SFRY in 1980-1991. The role and main forms of participation of this body in maintaining of the Soviet-Yugoslav inter-church contacts over the specified period are revealed, and the priorities in its activities in the Yugoslav segment of the foreign and confessional policy of the USSR are assessed.

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A. Y. Khoshev

Saints Cyril and Methodius Institute for Postgraduate Studies

Email: ocad.khoshev@patriarchia.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0007-3389-8637
PhD (Technical), Theology Magister, Associate Professor Moscow

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