@article{Olitskiy_2021, title={Soviet repressive policy in 1920s – 1930s on church leaders, on the example of Sumy priest M.O. Hontarovsky}, volume={1}, url={https://istznu.org/index.php/journal/article/view/1141}, abstractNote={<p>The impact of repression of the 1920s - 1930s against the church is investigated in the article based on archival materials and historiography. The author analyses the influence of economic and fiscal policy of the USSR to the clergy, finds changes in the social position of the clergy associated with the policy of dispossession. He compares repressions of the 1920s – 1930s against the Orthodox Church and defines the peculiarities of each period. The main periods of priest M.O. Hontarovskyi’s life are traced and on this example the activity of the Soviet repressive machinery against the church is illustrated.</p&gt;}, number={42}, journal={Zaporizhzhia Historical Review}, author={Olitskiy , V. O.}, year={2021}, month={Feb.}, pages={89-93} }