Believers' petitions for churches opening as the channel of relationship with authorities in religious politics (1943-1958, based on the materials of Ryazan Region)
The article shows the history of such form of believers' struggle for religious liberty as petitions for churches opening. It was peculiar obstacle on the way of parish churches mass closing, the only possible means of dialog with power and the way to articulate constitutional rights. It required courage and insistence. Petional activity made possible to preserve provincial religious centers. Believers' petitions for churches opening were means of holding religious liberty as constitutional right.