the cultural influence of the church

Question 1

how much of the population subscribed to the orthodox church?

Answer 1

70% of the population
-orthodox church had a close bond with the tsraist regime

Question 2

according to tradition what was Russia?

Answer 2

Russia was a holy land that had been chosen by god to save the world

Question 3

by late 19th century

Answer 3

-church administration had ben moved to the holy synod + tsar’s position become more secular

Question 4

imperial russia remained a strongly orthodx state and moral domination of the orthodox church over the superstitious and ill-educated peasantry was?

Answer 4

hugely beneficial to the regime as a means of control

Question 5

alexander II policy of Russification enabled him to promote?

Answer 5

otrhodoxy throughout the empire

Question 6

what became an offence under Russification

Answer 6

to convert from the orthodox to another faith, even to publish criticisms of it

Question 7

how many Muslims converted into orthodoxy during Alexander III’s reign

Answer 7

-more than 8500 muslims

Question 8

how many pagans were converted into orthodoxy

Answer 8

50,000 pagans

Question 9

by the late 19th century church administration had been moved to what and the tsar position became?

Answer 9

-church administration had been moved to the holy synod and the tsar’s position had become more secular

Question 10

despite the domination of the orthodox church, there is evidence to suggest that its control over the lives of people was?

Answer 10

weakening

Question 11

the provision of churches and priests had not kept pace with?

Answer 11

the growth of urbanisation and in any case the orthodox religion often seemed to have little relevance for the workers in the factories and tenement blocks

Question 12

workers in factories and tenement blocks were more attracted by the teachings of?

Answer 12

the socialists

Question 13

even in the countryside, where faith and religious practices seemed stronger what was significant

Answer 13

superstition often held a stronger sway than the orthodox priests who were often regarded money-grasping, less than perfect role models

Question 14

old believers

Answer 14

this group had rejected reforms to the orthodox liturgy in the 17th century and had fled to Siberia to escape persecution

Question 15

uniate church

Answer 15

recognise the pope as the head of the church but observes the rites of the orthodox church