Religious Diplomacy of the Soviet Unionduring the Cold War (the Time of N.S. Khrushchev and L.I. Brezhnev)

This article will be consider the main areas of cooperation between Soviet departments and religious organizations in international politics from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s. Contacts of the representatives of the churches of the USSR steadily expanded in geographical and religious terms at that...

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Autores principales: N. A. BELYAKOVA, N. Yu. PIVOVAROV
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Publicado: Ассоциация независимых экспертов «Центр изучения кризисного общества» (in English: Association for independent experts “Center for Crisis Society Studies”) 2018
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1b309af4a0f74141941f9c32e95eaad92021-11-07T14:45:02ZReligious Diplomacy of the Soviet Unionduring the Cold War (the Time of N.S. Khrushchev and L.I. Brezhnev)2542-02402587-932410.23932/2542-0240-2018-11-4-130-149https://doaj.org/article/1b309af4a0f74141941f9c32e95eaad92018-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ogt-journal.com/jour/article/view/344https://doaj.org/toc/2542-0240https://doaj.org/toc/2587-9324This article will be consider the main areas of cooperation between Soviet departments and religious organizations in international politics from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s. Contacts of the representatives of the churches of the USSR steadily expanded in geographical and religious terms at that time. The article shows that the establishment of contacts under the religious line, material support and promotion of international relations of religious organizations of the USSR were part of “people’s democracy”. This was used as “soft power” to spread the Soviet ideological project. Religious diplomacy contributed to the reduction of international tension, was a channel of alternative relations between the two opposing superpowers in a bipolar world. At the same time, the Soviet Union continued the ideological struggle against religion and its institutions, and the socially significant activities of Soviet religious leaders were addressed only to foreign audiences.N. A. BELYAKOVAN. Yu. PIVOVAROVАссоциация независимых экспертов «Центр изучения кризисного общества» (in English: Association for independent experts “Center for Crisis Society Studies”)articlereligion in the cold warreligious diplomacythe cold warthe “late” soviet union“people’s democracy”the rocministry of foreign affairscpsu central committeekgbInternational relationsJZ2-6530ENRUКонтуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право, Vol 11, Iss 4, Pp 130-149 (2018)
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topic religion in the cold war
religious diplomacy
the cold war
the “late” soviet union
“people’s democracy”
the roc
ministry of foreign affairs
cpsu central committee
kgb
International relations
JZ2-6530
spellingShingle religion in the cold war
religious diplomacy
the cold war
the “late” soviet union
“people’s democracy”
the roc
ministry of foreign affairs
cpsu central committee
kgb
International relations
JZ2-6530
N. A. BELYAKOVA
N. Yu. PIVOVAROV
Religious Diplomacy of the Soviet Unionduring the Cold War (the Time of N.S. Khrushchev and L.I. Brezhnev)
description This article will be consider the main areas of cooperation between Soviet departments and religious organizations in international politics from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s. Contacts of the representatives of the churches of the USSR steadily expanded in geographical and religious terms at that time. The article shows that the establishment of contacts under the religious line, material support and promotion of international relations of religious organizations of the USSR were part of “people’s democracy”. This was used as “soft power” to spread the Soviet ideological project. Religious diplomacy contributed to the reduction of international tension, was a channel of alternative relations between the two opposing superpowers in a bipolar world. At the same time, the Soviet Union continued the ideological struggle against religion and its institutions, and the socially significant activities of Soviet religious leaders were addressed only to foreign audiences.
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title Religious Diplomacy of the Soviet Unionduring the Cold War (the Time of N.S. Khrushchev and L.I. Brezhnev)
title_short Religious Diplomacy of the Soviet Unionduring the Cold War (the Time of N.S. Khrushchev and L.I. Brezhnev)
title_full Religious Diplomacy of the Soviet Unionduring the Cold War (the Time of N.S. Khrushchev and L.I. Brezhnev)
title_fullStr Religious Diplomacy of the Soviet Unionduring the Cold War (the Time of N.S. Khrushchev and L.I. Brezhnev)
title_full_unstemmed Religious Diplomacy of the Soviet Unionduring the Cold War (the Time of N.S. Khrushchev and L.I. Brezhnev)
title_sort religious diplomacy of the soviet unionduring the cold war (the time of n.s. khrushchev and l.i. brezhnev)
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