Creating Ecclesiastical and Civil Records: Problems of Institutional Transfer in Soviet Russia in the First Years after the 1917 Revolution

This paper introduces how, the process of creating registry offices took place after the 1917 revolution. There were active discussions about the introduction of civil metrication in the Russian Empire in the middle of the 19th — beginning of the 20th centuries, as well as in the West. This was due to the fact that it became more and more difficult to describe the multi-ethnic and multi-confessional population with the help of parish registers of various confessions. The situation with the collection of various statistics by the church has ceased to satisfy government officials. After the 1917 revolution, thanks to social and political prerequisites, the Bolsheviks were able to institutionalize this transition. Archival documents of the People's Commissariat of Justice and specialized periodicals show how, after The Decree on Separation of Church from State in 1918, the Soviet government was forced to organize a new civil institution, which took over the functions and tasks of the church in keeping registers of births, deaths and marriages.

Keywords

parish register, register office, history of the Russian Church, Russian Ortodoxy, history of Everyday life, Soviet history, history of Law

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24.05.2021

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21.06.2021

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GOST	Tarasyutina E. Creating Ecclesiastical and Civil Records: Problems of Institutional Transfer in Soviet Russia in the First Years after the 1917 Revolution // ISTORIYA – 2021. – V. 12. – Issue 5 (103) [Electronic resource]. URL: https://history.jes.su/S207987840015959-3-1 (circulation date: 07.07.2024). DOI: 10.18254/S207987840015959-3
MLA	Tarasyutina, Evgenia "Creating Ecclesiastical and Civil Records: Problems of Institutional Transfer in Soviet Russia in the First Years after the 1917 Revolution." ISTORIYA 12.5 (103) (2021) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840015959-3
APA	Tarasyutina E. (2021). Creating Ecclesiastical and Civil Records: Problems of Institutional Transfer in Soviet Russia in the First Years after the 1917 Revolution. ISTORIYA 12(5 (103)) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840015959-3

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