The strategies of survival of Orthodox priests in 1930-ies
The article describes the process of adaptation of the former priests to the new realities of life conditioned by conducting collectivization and industrialization. Defined that in the the conditions of formation a totalitarian regime the main survival strategies for the priests became the changing of the social status and place of residence and tactics of silence. Features of the process of adaptation of former priests, as in the village conditions, so and in the city are traced. Established that adaptation to the new conditions of life in the city took place at an accelerated pace.