Unknown Episode of Soviet-Greek Contacts in 1945: Meeting of Patriarch Alexy (Simansky) of Moscow and All Russia with Greek Politicians in Egypt

The publication introduces into scientific circulation a note by G. G. Karpov, Chairman of the Council for the Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church, on the meeting of Patriarch Alexy (Simansky) of Moscow and All Russia with representatives of the Greek political emigration in Egypt in June 1945. The meeting took place during a large-scale visit of a delegation of the Russian Church to the Middle East and Egypt. While the patriarch was in Alexandria, he was visited by the former head of the Greek government in exile, Sofoklos Venizelos, and the former deputy prime minister of that government, Georgios Roussos. Their visit, in fact, was an attempt by liberal political figures in Greece to establish contact with the Soviet leadership through the mediation of the Primate of the Russian Church.

Keywords

International relations, World War II, Soviet-Greek relations, religious factor in foreign policy, Patriarch Alexy’s visit to the Middle East and Egypt, Patriarch Alexy (Simansky), Sofoklos Venizelos

Acknowledgment

The research was carried out in accordance with the state assignment of the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences within the framework of the Program of Fundamental Scientific Research in the direction of “Russia and the Middle East: Historical, Political and Cultural Contacts and Interrelations” of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and IPPO in 2023.

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13.10.2023

Publication date

14.12.2023

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GOST	Beglov A. Unknown Episode of Soviet-Greek Contacts in 1945: Meeting of Patriarch Alexy (Simansky) of Moscow and All Russia with Greek Politicians in Egypt // ISTORIYA – 2023. – V. 14. – Issue 11 (133) [Electronic resource]. URL: https://history.jes.su/S207987840029182-9-1 (circulation date: 19.05.2024). DOI: 10.18254/S207987840029182-9
MLA	Beglov, Aleksey "Unknown Episode of Soviet-Greek Contacts in 1945: Meeting of Patriarch Alexy (Simansky) of Moscow and All Russia with Greek Politicians in Egypt." ISTORIYA 14.11 (133) (2023) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840029182-9
APA	Beglov A. (2023). Unknown Episode of Soviet-Greek Contacts in 1945: Meeting of Patriarch Alexy (Simansky) of Moscow and All Russia with Greek Politicians in Egypt. ISTORIYA 14(11 (133)) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840029182-9

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