General information

Call No.:

300-85-9:37/6

Part of series

HU OSA 300-85-9 Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute: Samizdat Archives: Published Samizdat

Located at

Archival boxes #37 / No. 6

Original Title

AC 1340. Секретное письмо В.И. Ленина Молотову и послание Патриарха Тихона

Date

1922

Level

Item

Primary Type

Textual

Language

Russian

Notes

Published in Sobranie Dokumentov Samizdata, Vol. 27. English title given by RL; one publication copy (of the addendum too). Published Versions: (Rus.) Vestnik RSKhD (1970), pp. 54-57; 61-63.

Content

Contents Summary

V. I. Lenin. Unpublished secret letter to Molotov for the Members of the Politburo, approving use of force to suppress Russian Orthodox Church. Patriarch Tikhon, message about famine and the confiscation of Church Treasures.

Секретное письмо Ленина о мерах по разгрому Русской Православной Церкви и Послание Патриарха Тихона к верующим РПЦ о помощи голодающим и об изъятии церковных ценностей.

Context

Associated Names

Lenin, Vladimir (None)

Tikhon (Bellavin), (None)

Associated Places

Moscow

Russia

Subject / Coverage

Spatial Coverage

Moscow

Russia

Subject

Tikhon (Bellavin),

‏Lenin, Vladimir

Collection Specific Tags

Soviet Union, Orthodox Christians, Samizdat