title: Reports of the Authorized Council for the Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow and the Moscow Region as a Source of Information about Parish Life in the Moscow Diocese in the 1944–1946
abstract: The article analyzes information about the parish life of Moscow and the Moscow region churches in the 1944–1946 contained in the reports of the Commissioner for Moscow and the Moscow region of the Council for the Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church made by A.A. Trushin according to the funds of the&#x0D; Central State Archive of the Moscow region. The paper provides data on the number of churches operating in the first post-war years, as well as on how many churches closed in the 1920s and 1
journal: Izvestia of Smolensk State University