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Author Miller, Matthew Lee, 1968-

Title The American YMCA and Russian culture : the preservation and expansion of Orthodox Christianity, 1900-1940 / Matthew Lee Miller
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 283 pages)
Contents The YMCA and Russia: a profile of good works -- The YMCA and Russia: wrestling with the issues -- Confessional confrontation: perceptions, images, and correctives -- Work among working Russians -- "Service with fighting men": the Y among soldiers -- The Russian Student Christian Movement at home -- The Russian Student Christian Movement abroad -- "The hunger for books": serving a starving readership -- Teachers and priests: the St. Sergius Theological Academy -- Sustaining an Orthodox commonwealth
Summary In The American YMCA and Russian Culture, Matthew Lee Miller explores the impact of the philanthropic activities of the Young Men's Christian Association on Russians during the late imperial and early Soviet periods. During the First World War, the Association organized assistance for prisoners of war, and after the emigration of many Russians to Europe, founded the YMCA Press and supported the St. Sergius Theological Academy; the author demonstrates that the YMCA contributed to the preservation, expansion, and enrichment
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-268) and index
Notes English
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Subject YMCA of the USA -- History -- 20th century
Russkoe studencheskoe khristīanskoe dvizhenīe.
Orthodox Eastern Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches -- History -- 20th century
SUBJECT Orthodox Eastern Church fast
Russkoe studencheskoe khristīanskoe dvizhenīe fast
YMCA of the USA fast
Subject Young Men's Christian associations -- Russia -- History -- 20th century
Young men -- Services for -- Russia -- History -- 20th century
Church work with men -- Russia -- Orthodox Eastern Church
Protestant churches -- Missions -- Russia -- History -- 20th century
Russians -- Services for -- Foreign countries -- History -- 20th century
Protestant churches -- Relations -- Orthodox Eastern Church -- History -- 20th century
RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
Church work with men -- Orthodox Eastern Church
Interfaith relations
International relations
Protestant churches
Protestant churches -- Missions
Young Men's Christian associations
SUBJECT United States -- Relations -- Russia -- History -- 20th century
Russia -- Relations -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Subject Russia
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020738427
ISBN 9780739177570
0739177575
1299156975
9781299156975