The Christian Protest Movement, the Labour Government and Soviet Religious Repression, 1929-1931
This article examines British reactions to Stalin's deportation of over one million peasants and religious believers to the Soviet gulag. It follows events in Britain as the evidence mounted and public protests grew, first over the persecution of religious believers and then over the British go...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2015]
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2015, Volume: 66, Issue: 1, Pages: 116-139 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Soviet Union
/ Christian persecution
/ Great Britain
/ Labour Party (Great Britain)
/ Church of England
/ Conflict
/ History 1929-1931
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBF British Isles KBK Europe (East) SA Church law; state-church law |
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| Summary: | This article examines British reactions to Stalin's deportation of over one million peasants and religious believers to the Soviet gulag. It follows events in Britain as the evidence mounted and public protests grew, first over the persecution of religious believers and then over the British government's refusal to halt imports of timber cut by camp inmates. It highlights the role played by Prebendary Alfred Gough's Christian Protest Movement and the worldwide protests against Soviet persecution which Gough's campaign inspired. It reveals how Labour ministers and other leading British Socialists obstructed the protest campaign and publicly denied accounts of crimes against humanity which they either privately admitted or, because of their enthusiasm for Soviet Communism, dismissed as right-wing fabrications. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046913000614 |