TY  - BOOK
AU  - Miller,Matthew Lee
TI  - The American YMCA and Russian culture: the preservation and expansion of Orthodox Christianity, 1900-1940 
SN  - 9780739177570
AV  - BV1060.R8 
U1  - 267/.3947 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Lexington Books
KW  - YMCA of the USA
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Russkoe studencheskoe khristīanskoe dvizhenīe
KW  - Orthodox Eastern Church
KW  - Relations
KW  - Protestant churches
KW  - fast
KW  - Young Men's Christian associations
KW  - Russia
KW  - Young men
KW  - Services for
KW  - Church work with men
KW  - Missions
KW  - Russians
KW  - Foreign countries
KW  - Russie
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - Jeunes hommes
KW  - Services
KW  - Pastorale des hommes
KW  - Église orthodoxe
KW  - Églises protestantes
KW  - Russes
KW  - Pays étrangers
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Institutions & Organizations
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Interfaith relations
KW  - International relations
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-268) and index; The YMCA and Russia: a profile of good works -- The YMCA and Russia: wrestling with the issues -- Confessional confrontation: perceptions, images, and correctives -- Work among working Russians -- "Service with fighting men": the Y among soldiers -- The Russian Student Christian Movement at home -- The Russian Student Christian Movement abroad -- "The hunger for books": serving a starving readership -- Teachers and priests: the St. Sergius Theological Academy -- Sustaining an Orthodox commonwealth
N2  - In The American YMCA and Russian Culture, Matthew Lee Miller explores the impact of the philanthropic activities of the Young Men's Christian Association on Russians during the late imperial and early Soviet periods. During the First World War, the Association organized assistance for prisoners of war, and after the emigration of many Russians to Europe, founded the YMCA Press and supported the St. Sergius Theological Academy; the author demonstrates that the YMCA contributed to the preservation, expansion, and enrichment
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