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- 1841-01-01-1866-12-31 (Creation)
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Global extent: unknown; 303 selected and described items
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Name of creator
Administrative history
The Synod is an ecclesiastical governing body created by Tsar Peter I in 1721 to head the Russian Orthodox Church, replacing the patriarchate of Moscow. Peter created the Synod, made up of representatives of the hierarchy obedient to his will, to subject the church to the state, and appointed a secular official, the chief procurator, to supervise its activities. The Synod persecuted all dissenters and censored publications, and Peter disposed of church property and revenues for state purposes at his own discretion. In 1917 a church council reestablished the patriarchate, but the new Soviet government soon nationalized all church-held lands.
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Subject to the authorization of the Russian State Historical Archive (RGIA), Saint Petersburg.
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Finding aids
Inventories n°122 to 147.
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ISAD(G), Second Edition, Ottawa 2000.
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Catalogue prepared on June 2017
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Archivist's note
Inventory of 303 items from the collection n°796 entitled “Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church” (1841-1866) held by the Russian State Historical Archive (RGIA), Saint Petersburg, made by Lora Gerd, June 2017.