Press Materials Research Articles

Izbiratel'nye tekhnologii na gorodskih vyborah v Rossijskoj imperii nakanune p eresmotra Gorodovogo polozheniya 1870 g. (po materialam provincial'noj periodicheskoj pechati)

The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of electoral technologies in city elections in the Russian Empire. Th e materials of the provincial periodical press show the mechanisms of working with voters, ways of forming public opinion about candidates for deputies of city dumas and city chiefs, the participation of mass media in the formation of the image of city self-government bodies.

Obowiązek szczególnej staranności dziennikarza przy zbieraniu i wykorzystywaniu materiałów prasowych

The aim of the article is to establish the content of the concept of special diligence indicated in art. 12 sec. 1 of the Press Law, the obligation to exercise due diligence in collecting and usage press materials. The content of Art. 355 § 2 of the Civil Code as specifying what the diligence is expected from professionals. It was considered whether the exercise of “due diligence” in collecting the materials would exclude the unlawfulness of the journalist’s actions, if it turned out that, despite this diligence, false information was provided. The effects of failure to exercise due diligence in the matter of journalist’s liability were discussed, based on the analysis of jurisprudence that due diligence is required at all stages of collecting and usage press materials. The problem of due diligence was confronted with the journalist’s actions in defense of an important social interest.

“Crusade Against Socialism”: the Activities of the Priest Vladimir Vostokov and the “Brotherhood of the Holy Cross” in the White South of Russia in 1919–1920s

The article is devoted to the socio-political activities of the priest V.I. Vostokov and the “Brotherhood of the Holy Life-Giving Cross” headed by him in the territories of the South of Russia controlled by the White movement. Using press materials that were not previously introduced into scientific circulation (including the Novocherkassk newspaper “Vechevoy Blagovest”, the only surviving copy of which is kept in the Slavic Library in Prague), Vostokov’s memoirs and a number of other sources, the author of the article clarifies some aspects of the biography of the Brotherhood leader, and also shows his attitude towards socialism. It is concluded that the denial of socialism played no less important role in Vostokov’s ideology than monarchism and anti-Semitism, and the Brotherhood created by him was conceived as an organization acting in alliance with Christians of other countries against the world socialist movement.

«To end this nest»: Evangelical Lutheran community of Samara in the period of anti-religious campaign (1918–1930)

This study analyzes strategy of anti-religious campaign against Lutheran community of Samara in 19181930. Main source of study is official regulations, business documentation and press materials. The author singled out two stages in the existence of Evangelical Lutheran Community of Samara community in the period of anti-religious campaign. First stage: Soviet officials suppressed religious organizations that were perceived as threat for the new ideology. Lutheran Community of Samara city lost its property and the right to carry out educational activities, and also became obliged to maintain a regular document flow accountable to the provincial executive committee. Second stage: The situation changed radically, when the strategy against religious organizations began to tighten in the conditions of industrialization and collectivization: in addition to propaganda, physical persecution of Lutherans appeared. In addition, the author of the article examined in detail the process of closing the Samara Lutheran church, which clearly demonstrated the desire of local authorities, on the one hand, to implement the instructions of the central government in a preventive manner, and on the other hand, to justify their own actions. The article proves that in the minutes of the meeting of the Presidium of the Samara City Council, the activists of the German section were replaced by religious Lutherans

THE CONCEPT OF INDIVIDUAL AUTHOR's VOCABULARY IN THE WORKS BY A. ODABASH (BASED ON THE MATERIALS OF THE NEWSPAPER «MILLET» (1917-1920))

The article highlights the life and cultural activities of the classic of Crimean Tatar literature of the beginning of the XX century, Abibulla Abdureshitoglu Odabash. It pays attention to the analysis of the concept of the writer's linguistic consciousness. The preserved original materials of the prewar national press, and in particular the Crimean newspaper "Millet" ("Nation"), made it possible to consider the specifics and conditions for the formation of the author's style. Advocating the preservation of the origins of the national culture and traditions, he popularized the common language, cleared of foreign borrowings. He sees the writer-playwright and public figure Asan Aivazov as his opponent. For instance, his works of art "Altyn yaryk" ("Golden Light") and "Neden bu hala kaldyk?" (“How did we get here?”) symbolize the confrontation between the ideologues of Tatarism and Turkism in Crimea. A supporter of purism A. Odabash condemns the archaic, complex, overloaded with Arabisms and Parciisms language of A. Aivazov and his ideological associates. He convinces them that the literary language should be lively and accessible to the peasants. Sharing the idea of the linguistic and mental unity of all Turkic peoples, he pays particular attention to the weak development of the education system in their native language. In this regard, Odabash delivers popular lectures in the villages of Crimea, explaining the ideological and practical value of the folk language. He develops an active vocabulary of his neologisms based on the use of vernacular and dialecticisms.

Decisions of the Сongress of the Orthodox military clergy of the Southwestern front in Proskurov in 1917

The decisions of the congresses of the military and naval clergy, held at the beginning of the 20th century, remain little studied to this day. Turning to this topic, researchers most often focus on the decisions of congresses of all-Russian significance which is the 1st All-Russian congress of the military and naval clergy (July 1914, Petrograd), less often on the decisions of the 2nd All-Russian congress of the military and naval clergy (July 1917, Mogilev). However, front-line congresses also played an important role in the history of the institute of military priests: they took place in the Southwestern (5–7 May 1917), Western (24–28 May 1917), Romanian (25 June 1917) and Northern (26–28 June 1917) fronts. This article discusses the work of the first of them which is the Сongress of the Orthodox military clergy of the Southwestern front in Proskurov in May 1917. The author of the article analyses the main decisions of this congress. The attitude of the military clergy of the front to the war, participation in the political parties, organisation of cultural and educational activities are shown. The proposals of the delegates on the reorganisation of the administration of the department and the introduction of an elective principle are analysed. It is shown whether the opinion of the participants of the congress in Proskurov coincided with the decisions of the 2nd All-Russian congress of the military and naval clergy in Mogilev. The article was prepared on the basis of archival documents and materials of the periodical press. In particular, documents from the funds of the Russian State Historical Archive (Saint Petersburg) such as protocols of the sessions of the Сongress of the Orthodox military clergy of the Southwestern front, the resolutions of the protopresbyter on the decisions of the congress, the protocols of the sessions of the 2nd All-Russian congress of the military and naval clergy were used.

Personality and legacy of Isma‘il Gasprinsky in the Tatar Emigrant Press of the 1930s

The article deals with the materials of the Tatar emigrant press of the 1930s dedicated to the memory about Isma‘il Gasprinsky (1851–1914). A series of publications addressed to the personality and creative heritage of the outstanding public figure appeared throughout 1933 in connection with the 50 th anniversary of the newspaper “Tеrjiman” (“Terzhiman” / “Translator”) and Gasprinsky’s 20 th death anniversary. The largest array of such papers was published in two Tatar-language periodicals: the journal “Yana Milli Yul” (Berlin) and the newspaper “Milli Bayraq” (Mukden). Part of those publications were probably initiated by the leader of Tatar political emigration Gayaz Ishaqy (1878–1954). In addition, anniversary celebrations and meetings were widely covered in emigrant media, as well as historiographic reviews. Covering anniversary events, publishing large printed materials and informing readers about current events, the emigrant press played an important ideological, organizational and coordinating role, connecting disparate communities and individuals, as well as relaying the most important meanings and values for the nation. Thus, the Tatar-speaking emigre press was an active participant in the discourse of national memory, developing and transforming in the difficult conditions of exile and separation from their homeland.

Orthodox Transfer on the Eastern Outskirts of the Empire: a Brief Historical Review of the Newspaper Diocesan Gazette

The article examines the history of the creation and activity of the Orthodox press of Eastern Siberia in the second half of the XIXth century, defines its goals and objectives, and provides a brief comparative analysis of the newspaper Diocesan Gazette of the Irkutsk, Yenisei, Yakut and Trans-Baikal dioceses. We note that despite the widespread involvement of the materials of the diocesan press by modern humanities as a multifunctional historical source and an element of scientific tools, one of the gaps seems to be the study of the intellectual component of the diocesan press in the life of East Siberian society, which necessitated the appeal to the stated topic. The purpose of the study is the process of formation and evolution of the newspaper Diocesan Gazette. We determine that despite the regulated algorithm, a variety of historical and ethnographic material was published on the pages of Orthodox publications, including translations in the languages of local ethnic groups. The potential of the provincial clergy of Eastern Siberia provided opportunities for staffing the editorial body and author collectives, and the elite of the clergy of the dioceses was represented as part of the editors-in-chief: theologians, writers, local historians. We draw a conclusion that Orthodox publications, namely the East Siberian newspaper Diocesan Gazette was a center of enlightenment, a platform for polemics and discussions on topical issues of public thought. An appeal to the composition and content of the issues provides extensive research opportunities for reconstructing the everyday life of the East Siberian province of the second half of the XIXth – early XXth centuries.

Early Gosplan and the Scientific and Methodological School of V. G. Groman. 1920–1930s

Introduction. This study is devoted to the analysis of the professional activities of one of the famous Soviet economists V. G. Groman and his colleagues, who created a scientific and methodological school in the State Planning Committee of the USSR in the 1920s–1930s. Their ideas formed the basis of the minimum draft of the first five-year plan (forecast plan), and also created a new methodological approach to planning in general. Results. The author focuses on the analysis of biographies, views, ideas and features of the planning methodology of representatives of the school of V. G. Groman – V. I. Zeilinger, B. A. Gukhman, G.V. Shub, G. M. Pistrak, R.Ya. Broitman and N. M. Vishnevsky, a number of information about which is introduced into scientific circulation for the first time. Materials and Methods. The methodological basis of the study has been constructed with help of the scientific work and practical developments of V. G. Groman. General scientific methods have been used, as well as the method of comparative analysis in relation to the context of the era before 1917, the period of Military Communism and the NEP, and those methods that were developed and implemented by the Groman school in the State Planning Commission. At the same time, special methods of economic history were used, such as the system-structural and statistical method, analysis of structural transformations for the study of planning methodology in general. Results. The characteristic of V. G. Groman, which is considered in the historical and social context in the period immediately after 1917, examines various evidence of the creation of a planned economy in the 1920s in the USSR, in particular, the personnel potential of specialists with a socialist orientation. An analysis of monographic studies, a complex of journalistic heritage, as well as press materials are given. Scientific discoveries of the school of V. G. Groman were closely connected with practice, in particular, they created control figures in the economy, developed a methodology for the balance of the national economy based on statistical data from industries, proposed the idea of a value ratio and an economic whole, which together made it possible to create centralized planning throughout the country. Subsequently, this approach to planning did not meet the objectives of the industrialization and collectivization of the country, which led to criticism and the political process of the Allied Bureau of the Mensheviks, where this direction was crushed. Discussion and Conclusion. The proposed provisions and conclusions solve the problem of returning the scientific heritage of the Groman methodological school to a wide readership and determine its role and place in the economic policy and planning methodology of Russia – USSR in the 20th century. At the same time, the relevance of the methodological aspect of studying the history of knowledge at the intersection of the interdisciplinarity of history and economics offers a fresh look at economic history during one of the systemic transformations of the country’s economy.

Necroreverence of Soviet cemeteries in Central Europe

Our aim is to introduce necroreverence as analytical category into the research on necropolises as particular spaces. The necroreverence, a cultural esteem for the dead, combines local and imported aesthetic-ideological elements and is reflected in space. Within the text, it is used in the context of cemeteries for Soviet soldiers in Central Europe. As case studies were chosen two necropolises: in Warsaw (Poland), and in Bratislava (Slovakia). The article draws on press and visual materials from 1950 to 2020 and field observations. Authors track the changes in functioning of the cemeteries to understand the transformation of significance attributed both to the necropolises and the fallen in relation to the inhabitants of both cities and the changing party responsible for the cemeteries.

Barack Obama i Donald Trump w Polsce – obraz medialny wizyt amerykańskich prezydentów w polskiej prasie codziennej

Visits by American presidents in Poland are important, socio-political and media events. This fact was the motivation to conduct research on media presentation of the visits of two American presidents – Barack Obama in 2011 and Donald Trump in 2017 – to Poland which were presented in Polish daily newspapers. The content analysis was based on opinion-forming titles: “Gazeta Wyborcza”, “Rzeczpospolita” and “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, and tabloids: “Fakt” and “Super Express”. The aim of the paper is to show the differences in how selected dailies cover two visits and explain where these differences might come from. The research hypothesis assumes that the ideological profile of chosen daily press determines media image of the American presidential visits in Poland, and that the significance of press materials may impact the formation of readers’ views and opinions about leaders of the USA. The author tried to answer the following questions: do the selected titles show bias against any of the presidents?, is the narration of daily newspapers similar to the tabloid press?, and do they undergo tabloidization? The article consists of five parts. The first part discusses the special relationship between Poland and the USA and the perception of American presidents’ visits to Poland. The second section describes agenda-setting, which is the theoretical framework for this study. The third part of the article describes the research methodology, which is based on content analysis. The fourth section is a description of the study of materials published in Polish daily press. The article ends with a summary of the study results. The bias was demonstrated in “Gazeta Wyborcza” (numerous articles, critical of Donald Trump), “Fakt” (numerous articles with positive attitude towards Barack Obama and Donald Trump) and “Super Express” (numerous satirical articles about Barack Obama). In the context of the discussed issues, daily newspapers did not make their narration similar to tabloid press and did not succumb to the tabloidization of media.

“We Will Not Change Our Attitude Towards You, Until You Change Your Attitude Towards Us”. How Washington Considered the Reaction of Western European Communist Parties to The Events in Afghanistan, 1978–1985

The invasion of a limited contingent of Soviet troops into Afghanistan at the end of 1979 caused a mixed reaction among the Communist parties in Europe. Some of them subject the actions of the USSR leadership to sharp criticism. The article reveals to what extent the US administration was aware of the critical attacks against the USSR and the CPSU by the most powerful Western European Communist parties to determine how the factor of Eurocommunism influenced the Afghan vector of the US policy in 1979-1982 and how the American course turned out for the Communist parties themselves. The study is based on published documents (including electronic collections) of the Administration of the President of the United States J. Carter, the State Department, and the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States, as well as unpublished documents of the Central Committee of the CPSU from the funds of the Russian State Archive of Modern History, press materials and memoirs. It is concluded that 1) the invasion of Soviet military units into Afghanistan provoked a fierce battle of superpowers on the periphery of the Cold War, and in fact, became its peak; 2) one of the results of the Soviet operation was a deeper split in the world communist movement with its subsequent decline; 3) the United States sought to take advantage of the escalated disagreements between the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the largest communist parties in Western Europe (especially Italian, to a lesser extent Spanish and French) and encouraged the actions of the European Communists aimed at distancing themselves from the CPSU and severing relations with the USSR. At the same time, Washington avoided public statements and actions that could look like a manifestation of solidarity with the Communist parties of Western Europe (primarily with the ICP), including the relation to the USSR policy in Afghanistan, giving priority to the policy to exclude completely the possibility for communists to participate in the governments of NATO states. Such a policy, against the background of the ongoing war in Afghanistan and the decline in the USSR's international prestige, contributed to the isolation of the European communist parties in their countries and the weakening of their electoral opportunities.

Начало Гражданской войны в России: события в городе Мариинске 25 мая 1918 года

Introduction. The article is devoted to the reconstruction of the events that took place in the city of Mariinsk on May 25, 1918. On this day, the Czechoslovak Corps, which was located at the railway station, rebelled. In historiography it is believed that the uprising of the Czechs and Slovaks provoked a large-scale civil war in Russia. Methods and materials. The main sources for the study were the materials of the periodical press of that time. The newspapers “Siberian Life” and “Voice of the People” published articles by correspondents who directly observed the events taking place in the city or received information from direct participants in the uprising. In addition, archival materials were used, in particular, a telegram from a member of the executive committee of the Mariinsky Soviet of Deputies, Kolesnikov. Analysis. It was established that at the end of May 1918, there were three military and political forces in the city of Mariinsk: a local Red Guard detachment; a Red Guard outsider (the so-called partisans) that arrived from the cities of Western Siberia; and a Czechoslovak Corps. During the conflict that occurred between the two Red Guard units the local Red Guards were disarmed. After that the partisans began to rob local residents and apartments of railway workers. To calm them down, the troops of the Czechoslovak Corps intervened. They quickly disarmed the partisans and took control of the city. Analysis of the telegram of Kolesnikov, a member of the executive committee of the Mariinsky Council of Deputies, showed that it is a copy of the original and contains several significant errors. In particular, the uprising of the Czechoslovak Corps took place on the evening of May 25, and not in the morning, as indicated in the telegram. The Mariinsky events became known in Moscow on the same day. The Chairman of the Supreme Military Council, L. D. Trotsky, took advantage of this to issue a brutal order for the disarmament of the Czechoslovak Corps and the physical destruction of those Czechs who would not surrender to Soviet power. Results. To some extent, the uprising of the Czechoslovak Corps was forced. It was a response to the unrest that arose in the city after the conflict between two Red Guard detachments. The central Soviet authorities in Moscow took advantage of this and ordered the actual extermination of the Czechs. This was the impetus for the emergence of large-scale military operations and Civil War in Russia. Authors' contribution. A. N. Ermolaev identified historical sources, deciphered the text of the telegram, designed the text of the article. I. Yu. Uskov participated in the deciphering of the text of the telegram and the preparation of the text of the article.

DOMINANT INVECTIVE CONSTRUCTIONS OF MANIPULATION IN ENGLISH NEWSPAPER TEXTS

The importance of the media in relation to the problems caused by risk and uncertainty, which led to potential distortions with a significant impact on public opinion, is outlined. There is a contradiction in the hypothesis that the press in its content is a tool to encourage negative attitudes towards people who may be the probable cause of violence and a propagandist of widespread invective beliefs. The peculiarities of the reflection of the issue of migrants on the pages of English newspapers are analyzed. Examples of negative appeals in the columns of English newspapers are presented. Significant results of the research through the prism of polarized and aggressive materials of the English-language press in the context of different countries are noted. Emphasis is placed on the negative approach to the coverage of immigration and ethnic relations, as well as the reflection of the stereotypical image of a bad doctor. It is indicated that the obtained factual material of the image-stereotype structure consists of a certain set of components of nuclear and peripheral qualifiers. The most common problems in the context of the relationship in the “doctor-patient” system are highlighted. Similarities and differences in stereotypes within the analyzed linguistic cultures are revealed. The content and reasons for using the neutralization strategy to reproduce the invective are characterized. The strategy of stylistic replacement in the conditions of expediency of changing the language expression to a language function of the target culture similar in its functions is singled out. Stylistic amplification (or emphasis) and cases of its appropriate application are considered. It is noted that for the purpose of language aggression neologisms with inherent evaluation and adherent evaluation can be used. It is stipulated that the detection of invective vocabulary is relevant in the linguistic examination of controversial texts in cases of insult.

King Jesus Saves Radio: A Case Study of New Technology in Early Christian Fundamentalism

ABSTRACT Scholars have argued that history provides ample evidence of the eager embrace of new communication technologies by Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals in the United States. However, closer examination of the first Christian fundamentalist venture into the technology of radio in the US reveals the ambivalence and anxieties of key leaders as they considered and adopted use of the new medium. This study, based on careful analysis of archival and press materials from the 1920s, reveals a “restless” adoption of radio that articulated the “menace” as well as the promise of the technology. While wondering aloud about radio’s shortcomings and dangers, faith leaders justified their uncertain investment in the new medium by employing discourses of conversion alongside an evangelistic entrepreneurism connected to the growing consumerism of the time.

Conceptualization of the Church Legal Order in the Modern State

The article analyses the church legal order as a component of the general social legal order. It is determined that the unique nature of ecclesiastical law and ecclesiastical legal order is the basis for a new reading of the problem of the relationship between the spiritual and legal principles of society. With the help of a set of modern methodological approaches, the Holy Scriptures and Holy Tradition, codes of canons and social concepts of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches, works of theologians, national legislation and international legal acts, sociological data, press materials are analyzed. The ecclesiastical legal order, and the general social one, is combined with spirituality in that the sphere of the spiritual includes all the intellectual and moral forces of man, his desire for freedom and order. Comprehending the spiritual origins of law and the legal order, the authors assume that they are, above all, spiritual value. The functioning of the church legal order is an argument in opposition to those doctrinal positions that derive the legal order from the law and legality, and emphasises the appeal to the law as its real and reliable basis. Therefore, the concepts of legal order and church legal order are correlated as interrelated, but at the same time different phenomena. Legal regulation of church relations has a dual nature. It is carried out both by legal acts of the church and by the legislation of the state. Such a double dependence creates a vulnerability of the church legal order to the nature and quality of secular law. The subjective structure of the church legal order is also ambivalent. In Ukraine, as in a multi-confessional society, a separate (autonomous) church legal order is inherent in each denomination. Relationships, differences between denominations, interaction or contradictions between them in one way or another affect the state of the church legal order in society, including – the general legal order

MANNAN TURGANBAYEV AND THE NEWSPAPER «KAZAK TILI»

The purpose of this article is to pay special attention to the history of the Kazakh press. In particular, to take into account the significant contribution of the first editor-in-chief of the Kazakh Tili newspaper Mannan Turganbaev, which was published in Semipalatinsk from 1919 to 1928. Articles by Mannan Turganbaev on socio-political, socio-economic, cultural and literary topics published in the Kazakh Tili newspaper were introduced into scientific circulation and studied. It has been established that the newspaper «Kazakh Tili» was first published by the printing house «Alashorda» («Zhardem») in Semipalatinsk (Alash) from December 1919 to 1922 as an organ of the Semipalatinsk Provincial Revolutionary Committee.From the end of February 1922 to March 17, 1928, the publication was published by the Semipalatinsk regional publishing house. In general, the history of the Kazakh Tili newspaper and its role in the social and cultural life of Kazakhstan have been studied in detail on the basis of newspaper publications, archival documents, scientific articles, and press materials. Thus, the editorial role of Mannan Turganbaev in the publication and development of the Kazakh Tili newspaper was revealed. From today’s point of view, editorial and published articles by Mannan Turganbaev in the Kazakh Tili newspaper and the history of the newspaper are considered. Key words: East Kazakhstan region, Kazakh press, Kazakh culture, Kazakh society, society, politics, history.

FORMATION OF MARKETING PROGRAM IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FOR THE DOMESTIC ENTERPRISE (based on PRJSC MMWF Oskar)

Nowadays domestic enterprises operations are challenging due to exposure to potential transition risks related to changing market conditions such as demand, prices (energy prices) and contingent factors. In order to eliminate or mitigate these factors, effective approaches to marketing planning are needed since they can guide managers properly toward solving arose problems. The marketing program, studied in the article, is that universal tool for the use by enterprises. It allows to analyze the state of the external environment of organizations qualitatively. At the same time it is a strategically important plan for enterprises, which prepares production, marketing, scientific and technical activity for a certain period of time, designed to provide the best option for a company. The purpose of the paper is to analyze the marketing activity of the domestic enterprise, in particular the Private Joint Stock Company "Morshin mineral water factory "Oskar"" (PRJSC MMWF "Oskar") in order to develop its marketing program in international business. The following tasks have been formed and successfully accomplished: conduct the justification analysis of marketing program for the Private Joint Stock Company "Morshin mineral water factory "Oskar""; propose the algorithm of developing a marketing plan and recommendations toward the international business of the PRJSC MMWF "Oskar" and prove the feasibility of the proposed marketing program for the company.
 We should mention, that proposed plan of marketing program in the international business activities for the PRJSC MMWF "Oskar" has been developed in 2021, and due to significant shifts and changes in economy and domestic markets of Ukraine, which happened in 2022, the plan requires reconsiderations and adjustments. Since it is out of the scope of current research, we have decided to utilize this idea for our further studies.
 The study's theoretical and methodological basis are statistics, analysis, marketing, management and administration working papers of foreign and domestic researchers, regulatory documents, periodical press materials and practical data analysis of PRJSC MMWF "Oskar".

GKChP i regiony Dal'nego Vostoka v obshchestvennom diskurse 2000-h gg.

The article analyzes the events of the August 1991 coup in the public discourse of the 2000s. After the “dashing 90s”, a surge of public interest in this event occurred in 2021, thirty years after a group of managers attempted to change the course of history. The press actively participated in the discussion of the events. Moreover, journalists often made incorrect conclusions based on a biased assessment rather than on a real analysis. Based on press materials, the author examines the events of those years in the Far East and their impact on the development of the situation in the Russian Federation, focusing in detail on the position of the electorate and the authorities.

Arseniev-Komelsky Parish (1920-1930)

The subject of the study is the study of the history of Arseniev-Komelsky parish in 1920-1930. The object of the study is the situation of the rural parish of the Russian Orthodox Church in the first decades of the existence of the Soviet state. Special attention is paid to the specifics of the creation of the parish, the manifestation of the main directions of the state's policy towards religion and the church on the example of the history of the parish, the reasons and the process of its closure. The choice of the subject of the study is largely connected with an attempt to reveal the subsequent fate of the Arseniev Komel Monastery of the Gryazovets district of the Vologda province, which was closed in 1920. The source base of the research consists of legal acts of the Soviet state, archival documents (the State Archive of the Vologda Region, the Vologda Regional Archive of Modern Political History, the Archive of the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Vologda Region, the Vologda Diocesan Ancient Repository) materials of the periodical press. The novelty of the research lies in the study of a parish not mentioned in the literature; in the introduction of new historical sources (archival materials) and historical facts into scientific circulation. The main results of the authors' research are: the conclusion about the connection between the opening of the Arseniev-Komelsky parish and the closure of the Arseniev Komelsky monastery; the identification of the peculiarities of the anti-church and anti-religious policy of the state in 1920-1930 in relation to the rural parish (its tightening in the conditions of collectivization and dispossession), the combination of state policy and the interests of local authorities among the reasons for the closure of the parish. The article outlines for the first time the fate of the priest and some of the inhabitants of the closed monastery. It is shown that, despite the anti-church policy of the state, the religious consciousness of the peasantry (at least part of it) preserved.