The case of the presbyter of the Ufa community of evangelical christians-baptists of 1946

Aleksandrov P. A.

The article deals with the post-war history of the Ufa community of Evangelical Christians-Baptists. The source was a criminal investigation case initiated against the presbyter of the community D. S. Usachenko on charges of "anti-Soviet propaganda". The circumstances of the criminal prosecution of the presbyter of the community revealed the difficulties of the post-war formation of the Evangelical movement of Bashkiria. The conclusion is made about the relativity of religious policy mitigation in the post-war period.

Keywords:Evangelical Christians-Baptists, repression, religion, Christianity, religious policy.