The Catholic Church and Soviet Russia, 1917-39

This book, based on extensive research including in the Russian and Vatican archives, charts the development of relations between the Catholic Church and the Soviet Union from the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 to the death of Pope Pius XI in 1939. It provides background information on the animosity between the Orthodox and Catholic churches and moves towards reconciliation between them, discusses Soviet initiatives to eradicate religion in the Soviet Union and spread atheist international communism throughout the world, and explores the Catholic Church’s attempts to survive in the face of persecution within the Soviet Union and extend itself. Throughout the book reveals much new detail on the complex interaction between these two opposing bodies and their respective ideologies.

Ancient history · Political science · Catholicism and Religious Studies · History · Religion and Society Interactions · Catholic church · Catholic church, orthodox eastern church · Church and state · Église catholique · Église et État · Église orthodoxe · Foreign relations · foreign relations · General · Government · Interfaith relations · International · International Relations · Orthodox Eastern Church · Relations · Soviet Union

• Between Moscow, Warsaw and the Holy See

  Open Access•Olena Palko•Revolutionary Russia•2022

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