first edition
1942 · Moskva
by Nikolai, Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia
Moskva: Moskovskaii Patriarkhaii, 1942. First Edition. Octavo. Cyrillic text. 8vo., 457pp. The Churches in Soviet Union and their history during WWII. Photographs of churches, and church ruins, and the church people who suffered the war, with portraits of Bishops, with facsimiles of their signatures, and facsimiles of documents. This was the era when Stalin wanted national unity and thus gave expanded freedom and recognition to the Russian Orthodox Church. Some of the Official Portraits are tipped-in. Bound in light blue cloth lettered in gilt, raised bands with title in one compartment gilt, ribbon marker. Wear to one corner. A very good copy. (Inventory #: 005678)