Freedom of Conscience and Religious Policy of Soviet Power in South of Ukraine in 1917-1939 (Historical and Legal aspect): from State to Individual
Abstract
The dissertation is a comprehensive study of the history of the Church and the state, relations between the churches of the state, the theoretical generalization and the solution of the scientific problem, which consists in analyzing and providing characteristics of the process of forming and developing the right to freedom of conscience, the functioning of this institution under the conditions of the pro-Christian policy of the Soviet governments and the clarification of the peculiarities of the religious policy of the Soviet state in 1917-1939. Based on an analysis of scientific legal, historical and other sources, the author shows that freedom of conscience is not limited to the sphere of relations between the state and its numerous and multilevel structures and religious associations, but also has a significant impact on the individual.