politicalscienceВестник РГГУ. Серия “Политология. История. Международные отношения.”RSUH/RGGU Bulletin Series "Political Science. History. International Relations"2073-6339Издательский центр Российского государственного гуманитарного университета10.28995/2073-6339-2022-1-10-25politicalscience-380Research ArticleМЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЕ ОТНОШЕНИЯ: ИСТОРИЯ, ИСТОРИОГРАФИЯ, МЕТОДОЛОГИЯINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: HISTORY, HISTORIOGRAPHY, METHODOLOGYПол Б. Андерсон и поездка церковных лидеров США в Москву в 1956 г.Paul B. Anderson and the 1956 delegation of US church leaders to MoscowМиллерМ. Л.MillerM. L.

Мэтью Ли Миллер, Ph.D., профессор

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Matthew Lee Miller, Ph.D., Professor of History

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Пол Б. Андерсон (1894–1985) был на Западе ведущим защитником православных христиан в СССР. В марте 1956 г. Андерсон отправился в Москву для встреч с лидерами христианских церковных организаций в роли ключевой фигуры делегации, представляющей Национальный совет церквей Христа в США. Являясь единственным русскоговорящим членом в американской делегации, он формировал свою позицию с опорой на глубокое знание православной истории и советской политической жизни. Подход Андерсона отличался умеренностью, сбалансированностью и дипломатичностью, поскольку он избегал как некритического восхваления Русской православной церкви (РПЦ), так и осуждения православных лидеров за их сотрудничество с правительством. Визит в Москву и последовавший за ним визит в США способствовали укреплению связей между этими церковными организациями и вступлению РПЦ во Всемирный Совет Церквей в 1961 г. В то же время эти встречи продемонстрировали, что существовали препятствия на пути активизации деятельности церкви в эпоху постсталинизма. Статья наглядно показывает важный вклад Андерсона в налаживание грамотных и конструктивных связей между верующими США и СССР.

Paul B. Anderson (1894–1985) stood out as a leading Western advocate for Orthodox Christians in the USSR. In March 1956 Anderson traveled to Moscow as a key member of a delegation representing the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA for meetings with leaders of several Christian church bodies. He acted based on knowledge of Orthodox history and Soviet politics and was the only Russian-speaker in the US delegation. He took a moderate, balanced, and diplomatic approach – avoiding both the uncritical celebration of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) or the condemnation of the church’s leaders due to their cooperation with the government. The Moscow visit, and the visit to the US that followed, contributed to a strengthening of ties among these church organizations and the 1961 entry of the ROC into the World Council of Churches. However, the meetings also illustrated the challenges of engaging in church activism during the post-Stalin era. This account demonstrates the significant contribution of Anderson to the building of informed and constructive connections among the believers of the US and USSR.

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