METHODS OF ADMINISTRATIVE PRESSURE ON THE ORTHODOX COMMUNITIES OF THE OB-IRTYSH NORTH DURING THE PERIOD OF THE «GREAT BREAKTHROUGH»

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the methods that were used by representatives of the Soviet government for the closure of Orthodox churches and the liquidation of religious communities in the Ob-Irtysh North in the late 1920s – early 1930s. It was noted that, although the termination of the work of religious associations was formalized as the “will of the workers” or as a result of the believers' failure to comply with the requirements of the law, often these formulations hid open financial or political pressure.