СЛОВО ОБ ОФИЦЕРЕ ЦЕРКВИ (ОБЗОР МОНОГРАФИИ А.В. СУШКО «ЖИЗНЬ, СЛУЖЕНИЕ И ПОДВИГ СВЯЩЕННИКА ВАСИЛИЯ ФЕОФАНОВИЧА ИНФАНТЬЕВА»)

Abstract

The publication is an analytical review of the monograph by Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Alexei Vladimirovich Sushko «Life, ministry and feat of priest Vasiliy Feofanovich Infantiev», published and presented in the city of Omsk this year. The author of the monograph under review — a supporter of interdisciplinary research, including the historical and anthropological approach — is one of the authoritative academic specialists engaged in the study of the socio-political sphere during the revolution and the Civil War in Russia. The book prepared in the genre of microhistory in relation to the Omsk Irtysh Region covers the activities of the Orthodox clergy, their relationship with the official authorities, the operational work of the Soviet security agencies aimed at the decomposition of religious institutions, and also affects everyday life during the period of national history, associated with the transformation of the state and society in the era social cataclysms. The source base and methodology of the analyzed edition, which differs from the developments of historiography, in our opinion, makes a significant contribution to the study of church and social history of the first third of the twentieth century. The principles of consistency and determinism made it possible to analyze the publication considered as a phenomenon of science, which has its own structure, at the same time, which is part of the community of historical and local history knowledge. Based on the specifics of the topic, the main scientific method used to write this publication is problematic. Along with originality, novelty, as well as a number of other undoubted advantages of the book novelty, the review reflects subjective critical passages, which are regarded as possible ways for further improving the study of the topic. The author of the review comes to the conclusion that Alexey Vladimirovich Sushko presented to the scientific community a full-fledged, high-quality biographical research, which has rich factual material and is focused on a number of areas of historical knowledge. The review is addressed to a wide range of readers – they are researchers of historical science, the Russian Orthodox Church, Soviet special services, Russian historiography, local history and practical genealogy.