Features of registration of religious communities in the Altai territory in the mid-1950s – early 1980s

Abstract

The article is devoted to the features of registration of religious communi-ties in Altai Krai in the context of state-confessional policy of the USSR in the mid-1950s – early 1980s. On the basis of archival sources and legal documents the complicated order of state registration of religious communities and the opening of religious buildings are showed. The reasons of refusal of registration which were not well-grounded are also examined in pa-per. In addition, the paper presents the role of the commissioners of Council for Religious Affairs, which determined the state-confessional policy in region, including Siberia.