The article is devoted to the problem of changing the view of the historian of the Russian Orthodox Church Anton V. Kartashev on the peculiarities of the existence of Orthodoxy in the historical period of the Russian Empire. By comparing pre-revolutionary articles and publications of the 1930s and 1950s, the key positions of these changes are determined, and the factors that contributed to the evolution of the historian's scientific views are identified. The author concludes that Kartashev turns from an active critic of church shortcomings into an apologist of the Russian Church of the imperial period, and reveals many positive features of the existence of Orthodoxy during the period of Synodal administration. Russian Russian Orthodox Church, A.V. Kartashev, The Concept of Russian Church History, Synodal administration.

Bychkov Sergey Pavlovich, Candidate of Sciences (History), Associate Professor, Department of National, History and Political Science, Dostoevsky Omsk State University, 55a, Mir av., Omsk, 644077, Russian Federation, e-mail: spbychkov@mail.ru

Gefner Olga Viktorovna, Candidate of Sciences (History), Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, History, Economic Theory and Law, Omsk State Agrarian University named after P. A. Stolypin, 1, Institutskaya sq., Omsk, 644008, Russian Federation, e-mail: ovgefner@gmail.com

Bychkov S.P., Gefner O.V. Evolution of A. V. Kartashev's Views on the History of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Imperial Period. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2021, vol. 36, pp. 105-117. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2021.36.105 (in Russian)

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