The Multi-Confessional Policy of the Provisional Government
Journal: Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University History
Year: 2020

The post-Soviet era has witnessed an exponential growth in scholarly research on the history of religion in Russia, especially with respect to church-state relations. There is, however, one striking exception: the period of the Provisional Government (March-October 1917), which has thus far attracted little attention. Whereas the Russian Orthodox Church has indeed been the target of substantial scholarship (especially in preparation for the Church Sobor), the same cannot be said of other confess