Catholic Church and religious life of Poles in Żytomierz between 1917–1991 Cover Image

Kościół katolicki i życie religijne Polaków w Żytomierzu w latach 1917–1991
Catholic Church and religious life of Poles in Żytomierz between 1917–1991

Author(s): Andrzej Kobus
Subject(s): Cultural history, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Catholic Church; Soviet repression; deportation; Kościół Katolicki; represje radzieckie; deportacja

Summary/Abstract: The presented article is devoted to the religious standing of Poles living in Żytomierz in the Soviet Union times. The author discusses the legal status of Roman Catholic parishes in Żytomierz and its nearest neighbourhood after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 and later on. Profiles of Żytomierz Catholic priests have been introducted who acted until the Soviet Union collapse in 1991. Furthermore, the author attempts to show the relations that the Żytomierz Poles held with Poland and her structures of the Roman Catholic Church during the USSR era.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 111-118
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish
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