ACTIONS OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE AFFAIRSOF RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH UNDER THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS THE BSSRIN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERSOF THE USSR OF MARCH 16, 1961 (1961—1965)

Abstract

Russian Orthodox Church Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the BSSR on the implementation of the decree of the
Council of Ministers of the USSR of The article discusses the actions of the institution of the authorized representatives of the
Council for March 16, 1961 “On strengthening control over the implementation of legislation on cults” in the period (1961—
1965). Considerable attention is paid to the issue of the state of the Orthodox Church of the BSSR in connection with the
implementation of the Council of Ministers Decree of March 16, 1961. Previously unknown data are revealed about the violation
of the legislation by local authorities in relation to the Russian Orthodox Church in Soviet Belarus. The chronological scope of
this article is limited to the period from 1961 to 1965, because this period was marked by the implementation of the decree of the
USSR Council of Ministers of March 16, 1961, by commissioners of the Council for the Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church
(CAROC). The result of the decree was control over the process of forming church councils with the aim of limiting the clergy
activities and reducing the influence of the Orthodox Church on the population of the republic.

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