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A documentary about relationships between Stalin and Church |
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Written by Interfax (Russian) News Agency
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Wednesday, 18 October 2006 10:00 |
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"A documentary about relationships between Stalin and Church" "A documentary on Stalin and the Third Rome in the Orthodox Encyclopedia series is to be soon released. Collected in it are unique shots and facts about how Stalin initiated a revival of the Russian Church and attempted to do what no Russian emperor failed to achieve. It was an attempt to realize the idea of Moscow as the Third Rome, which had been once voiced by Monk Philopheus. This theory asserted the historic importance of the Russian capital city as a global political and ecclesiastical center..."
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