Despite risks, many escape attempts were launched from Armenia across the heavily-fortified borde... more Despite risks, many escape attempts were launched from Armenia across the heavily-fortified borders with Turkey and Iran
Scientific Works, Shirak Centre of Armenological Studies, 2021
Two rare campaigns in the late Soviet period tried to save and reopen Armenian Apostolic Churches... more Two rare campaigns in the late Soviet period tried to save and reopen Armenian Apostolic Churches, in Rostov-on-Don in Russia and Leninakan in Armenia. Both failed.
A fifth of the 800 individuals in the 1979 top secret KGB wanted list had been sentenced to death... more A fifth of the 800 individuals in the 1979 top secret KGB wanted list had been sentenced to death in absentia, apparently in punishment for defecting. Of the death sentences recorded in the list, more than 80 per cent were handed down in the 1950s, with a sharp decline after that.
Ottoman-born Patrick Selian, communist activist in the US, moved to Soviet Armenia in 1948, where... more Ottoman-born Patrick Selian, communist activist in the US, moved to Soviet Armenia in 1948, where his skills as a propagandist and bridge between English-speaking and communist worlds ensured his entry into local, comfortable elite
2-page Soviet report giving statistics on numbers of religious communities, places of worship and... more 2-page Soviet report giving statistics on numbers of religious communities, places of worship and clergy of various faiths as of 1 June 1941.
The 1937 census was the only one in the Soviet Union to include a question on religious affiliati... more The 1937 census was the only one in the Soviet Union to include a question on religious affiliation, and the results were soon suppressed.
Soviet KGB and Bulgarian State Security deployment of the Armenian genocide card was done not to ... more Soviet KGB and Bulgarian State Security deployment of the Armenian genocide card was done not to promote an honest examination of historical crimes and their wider recognition, but as part of a cynical exercise in promoting Soviet and Bulgarian political aims.
Colonel Valentin Timoshevsky, last head of 4th department of KGB 5th directorate that controlled ... more Colonel Valentin Timoshevsky, last head of 4th department of KGB 5th directorate that controlled all religious groups in Soviet Union
All known references to Fr Vitali Borovoy (KGB codename Nesterovich) in publicly-available KGB ma... more All known references to Fr Vitali Borovoy (KGB codename Nesterovich) in publicly-available KGB materials
All known references to Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk (KGB codename Ostrovsky) in publicly-availa... more All known references to Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk (KGB codename Ostrovsky) in publicly-available KGB materials
Latvia's first Catholic cardinal, Latvia's Russian Orthodox Church head and successive Lutheran A... more Latvia's first Catholic cardinal, Latvia's Russian Orthodox Church head and successive Lutheran Archbishops among recruited KGB agents
All known references to Metropolitan Nikodim (KGB codename Svyatoslav) in publicly-available KGB ... more All known references to Metropolitan Nikodim (KGB codename Svyatoslav) in publicly-available KGB materials
All known references to Patriarch Kirill (KGB codename Mikhailov) in publicly-available KGB mater... more All known references to Patriarch Kirill (KGB codename Mikhailov) in publicly-available KGB materials
Despite risks, many escape attempts were launched from Armenia across the heavily-fortified borde... more Despite risks, many escape attempts were launched from Armenia across the heavily-fortified borders with Turkey and Iran
Scientific Works, Shirak Centre of Armenological Studies, 2021
Two rare campaigns in the late Soviet period tried to save and reopen Armenian Apostolic Churches... more Two rare campaigns in the late Soviet period tried to save and reopen Armenian Apostolic Churches, in Rostov-on-Don in Russia and Leninakan in Armenia. Both failed.
A fifth of the 800 individuals in the 1979 top secret KGB wanted list had been sentenced to death... more A fifth of the 800 individuals in the 1979 top secret KGB wanted list had been sentenced to death in absentia, apparently in punishment for defecting. Of the death sentences recorded in the list, more than 80 per cent were handed down in the 1950s, with a sharp decline after that.
Ottoman-born Patrick Selian, communist activist in the US, moved to Soviet Armenia in 1948, where... more Ottoman-born Patrick Selian, communist activist in the US, moved to Soviet Armenia in 1948, where his skills as a propagandist and bridge between English-speaking and communist worlds ensured his entry into local, comfortable elite
2-page Soviet report giving statistics on numbers of religious communities, places of worship and... more 2-page Soviet report giving statistics on numbers of religious communities, places of worship and clergy of various faiths as of 1 June 1941.
The 1937 census was the only one in the Soviet Union to include a question on religious affiliati... more The 1937 census was the only one in the Soviet Union to include a question on religious affiliation, and the results were soon suppressed.
Soviet KGB and Bulgarian State Security deployment of the Armenian genocide card was done not to ... more Soviet KGB and Bulgarian State Security deployment of the Armenian genocide card was done not to promote an honest examination of historical crimes and their wider recognition, but as part of a cynical exercise in promoting Soviet and Bulgarian political aims.
Colonel Valentin Timoshevsky, last head of 4th department of KGB 5th directorate that controlled ... more Colonel Valentin Timoshevsky, last head of 4th department of KGB 5th directorate that controlled all religious groups in Soviet Union
All known references to Fr Vitali Borovoy (KGB codename Nesterovich) in publicly-available KGB ma... more All known references to Fr Vitali Borovoy (KGB codename Nesterovich) in publicly-available KGB materials
All known references to Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk (KGB codename Ostrovsky) in publicly-availa... more All known references to Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk (KGB codename Ostrovsky) in publicly-available KGB materials
Latvia's first Catholic cardinal, Latvia's Russian Orthodox Church head and successive Lutheran A... more Latvia's first Catholic cardinal, Latvia's Russian Orthodox Church head and successive Lutheran Archbishops among recruited KGB agents
All known references to Metropolitan Nikodim (KGB codename Svyatoslav) in publicly-available KGB ... more All known references to Metropolitan Nikodim (KGB codename Svyatoslav) in publicly-available KGB materials
All known references to Patriarch Kirill (KGB codename Mikhailov) in publicly-available KGB mater... more All known references to Patriarch Kirill (KGB codename Mikhailov) in publicly-available KGB materials
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