The Issue of the Participation of the Orthodox Clergy and Faithful Eastern Siberia and the Far East in the Programs of the State Loans in 1917 to Mid - 1950s
The article analyzes one of the components of financial activities of the Orthodox clergy and laity, namely, the participation of clergy and believers in the programs of the state loans in the period after the establishment of Soviet power and to the middle of 1950s of the 20th century. A special attention is paid to the regions of Eastern Siberia and the Far East, which in terms of the history of Orthodoxy in Soviet times is not fully understood. The authors note that to date there are no serious special publications on the issue of participation of the Orthodox clergy and believers in the programs of the state loans. Therefore, the article is based on archival documents: reports and correspondence of commissioners of the Council for Russian Orthodox Church with the Council leadership and the memoranda of authorities. These documents are presented in the cases of the State Archive of the Russian Federation. The work results allowed the authors to state the regularity between the volume of participation in the state loans programs and the number of clergy and existing registered organizations of the Orthodox Church. The authors talk about the need to reconstruct a more complete picture of the financial condition of the institutions of the Orthodox Church, including the expenses and income related to government loans, and further work with the sources.