SOME ASPECTS OF STUDYING OF ACTIVITY OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN WESTERN SIBERIA IN THE MID-1920S.

Abstract

The article deals with the activities of religious communities functioning on the territory of Western Siberia in the mid-1920s. On the basis of archival sources and documents, it is established that the situation of certain religious groups depended not only on the state-confessional policy pursued by the authorities, but also on the relationship between the leaders of religious communities, both among themselves and with representatives of other confessional groups. The important role of spiritual leaders should be noted. It was they who supported the religious sentiments of believers and thus determined the degree of their manifestation in the region in question.