DASHKOVSKIY P.K., TRAUDT E.A. Activities of Authorized Council for Religious Affairs in National Autonomies from the Mid-1960s to the First Half of the 1980s (The Example of the Buryat ASSR)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15688/jvolsu4.2025.5.11
Petr K. Dashkovskiy,
Doctor of Sciences (History), Professor, Head of the Department of Regional Studies of Russia, Head of the Laboratory of Ethnocultural and Religious Studies, Altai State University, Prosp. Lenina, 61, 656049 Barnaul, Russian Federation,
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Egor A. Traudt,
Senior Lecturer, Department of Regional Studies of Russia, Altai State University, Prosp. Lenina, 61, 656049 Barnaul, Russian Federation,
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https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8439-3151
Abstract. Introduction. The object of the study is the activities of the authorized representatives of the Council for Religious Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the USSR in the Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Materials and methods. The article, based on the materials of the State Archives of the Russian Federation and the State Archives of the Republic of Buryatia, examines the main areas of activity of the authorized representative of the Council for Religious Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the USSR in the Buryat ASSR to implement state-confessional policy. In preparing the article, the problem-chronological method and systems approach were used. Analysis. The work provides a brief description of the formation of the institution of the authorized representative for religious affairs and considers its main functions, powers, and responsibilities. The main methods by which the control and supervisory functions over religious organizations in the Buryat ASSR were carried out are analyzed. Particular attention is paid to the study of atheistic and propaganda work carried out by the authorized representative to reduce the degree of religiosity of the population in the region. Results. The reporting activities of the authorized representative, expressed in the form of statistical and analytical materials, were studied. Attention is paid to the study of the peculiarities of interaction between the Commissions for Assistance to the Compliance with the Legislation on Religious Cults and the Commissioner for Buryatia. His activities in relation to petitions and statements of believers, mainly concerning the issues of registration of religious associations and transfer of religious buildings, are analyzed in detail. The article also presents a comparative aspect of the stateconfessional policy between the regions of the USSR, including territories with varying degrees of autonomy. Authors’ contribution. P. Dashkovskiy defined the main areas of activity of the Commissioner of the Council for Religious Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the USSR in Buryatia. E. Traudt studied archival materials on the state-confessional policy of the USSR in Buryatia and conducted a comparative analysis of the activities of the commissioners in the region. Funding. The study was carried out with the support of the Russian Science Foundation, project No. 23-18-00117, “The Influence of the Imperial Policy of Acculturation and the Soviet Model of StateConfessional Relations on the Situation of Religious Communities in the Border Regions and National Autonomies of the Asian Part of Russia.”
Key words: state-confessional policy, Commissioner of the Council for Religious Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the USSR, atheistic propaganda, Buryatia, national autonomies.
Citation. Dashkovskiy P.K., Traudt E.A. Activities of Authorized Council for Religious Affairs in National Autonomies from the Mid-1960s to the First Half of the 1980s (The Example of the Buryat ASSR). Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Seriya 4. Istoriya. Regionovedenie. Mezhdunarodnye otnosheniya [Science Journal of Volgograd State University. History. Area Studies. International Relations], 2025, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 140-152. (in Russian). DOI: https://doi.org/10.15688/jvolsu4.2025.5.11.
Activities of Authorized Council for Religious Affairs in National Autonomies from the Mid-1960s to the First Half of the 1980s (The Example of the Buryat ASSR) by Dashkovskiy P.K., Traudt E.A. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15688/jvolsu4.2025.5.11
Petr K. Dashkovskiy,
Doctor of Sciences (History), Professor, Head of the Department of Regional Studies of Russia, Head of the Laboratory of Ethnocultural and Religious Studies, Altai State University, Prosp. Lenina, 61, 656049 Barnaul, Russian Federation,
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ,
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4933-8809
Egor A. Traudt,
Senior Lecturer, Department of Regional Studies of Russia, Altai State University, Prosp. Lenina, 61, 656049 Barnaul, Russian Federation,
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ,
https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8439-3151
Abstract. Introduction. The object of the study is the activities of the authorized representatives of the Council for Religious Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the USSR in the Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Materials and methods. The article, based on the materials of the State Archives of the Russian Federation and the State Archives of the Republic of Buryatia, examines the main areas of activity of the authorized representative of the Council for Religious Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the USSR in the Buryat ASSR to implement state-confessional policy. In preparing the article, the problem-chronological method and systems approach were used. Analysis. The work provides a brief description of the formation of the institution of the authorized representative for religious affairs and considers its main functions, powers, and responsibilities. The main methods by which the control and supervisory functions over religious organizations in the Buryat ASSR were carried out are analyzed. Particular attention is paid to the study of atheistic and propaganda work carried out by the authorized representative to reduce the degree of religiosity of the population in the region. Results. The reporting activities of the authorized representative, expressed in the form of statistical and analytical materials, were studied. Attention is paid to the study of the peculiarities of interaction between the Commissions for Assistance to the Compliance with the Legislation on Religious Cults and the Commissioner for Buryatia. His activities in relation to petitions and statements of believers, mainly concerning the issues of registration of religious associations and transfer of religious buildings, are analyzed in detail. The article also presents a comparative aspect of the stateconfessional policy between the regions of the USSR, including territories with varying degrees of autonomy. Authors’ contribution. P. Dashkovskiy defined the main areas of activity of the Commissioner of the Council for Religious Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the USSR in Buryatia. E. Traudt studied archival materials on the state-confessional policy of the USSR in Buryatia and conducted a comparative analysis of the activities of the commissioners in the region. Funding. The study was carried out with the support of the Russian Science Foundation, project No. 23-18-00117, “The Influence of the Imperial Policy of Acculturation and the Soviet Model of StateConfessional Relations on the Situation of Religious Communities in the Border Regions and National Autonomies of the Asian Part of Russia.” Key words: state-confessional policy, Commissioner of the Council for Religious Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the USSR, atheistic propaganda, Buryatia, national autonomies. Citation. Dashkovskiy P.K., Traudt E.A. Activities of Authorized Council for Religious Affairs in National Autonomies from the Mid-1960s to the First Half of the 1980s (The Example of the Buryat ASSR). Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Seriya 4. Istoriya. Regionovedenie. Mezhdunarodnye otnosheniya [Science Journal of Volgograd State University. History. Area Studies. International Relations], 2025, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 140-152. (in Russian). DOI: https://doi.org/10.15688/jvolsu4.2025.5.11.
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