LEADER 00000cam 2200553Ka 4500 001 ocn855534573 003 OCoLC 005 20170728073720.6 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 130812s2013 mdua ob 001 0 eng d 019 842962212|a900559953 020 9780739177570|q(electronic bk.) 020 0739177575|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)855534573|z(OCoLC)842962212|z(OCoLC)900559953 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dCDX|dOCLCO|dYDXCP|dE7B|dOCLCA|dIDEBK |dEBLCP|dMHW|dOCLCQ|dOCLCA 043 e-ur---|an-us--- 049 GTKE 050 4 BV1060.R8|bM55 2013eb 082 04 267/.3947|223 100 1 Miller, Matthew Lee,|d1968- 245 14 The American YMCA and Russian culture :|bthe preservation and expansion of Orthodox Christianity, 1900-1940 / |cMatthew Lee Miller. 264 1 Lanham :|bLexington Books,|c[2013] 264 4 |c©2013 300 1 online resource (ix, 283 pages) :|billustrations 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-268) and index. 505 0 The YMCA and Russia: a profile of good works -- The YMCA and Russia: wrestling with the issues -- Confessional confrontation: perceptions, images, and correctives -- Work among working Russians -- "Service with fighting men" : the Y among soldiers -- The Russian Student Christian Movement at home -- The Russian Student Christian Movement abroad -- "The hunger for books": serving a starving readership -- Teachers and priests: the St. Sergius Theological Academy -- Sustaining an Orthodox commonwealth. 520 In The American YMCA and Russian Culture, Matthew Lee Miller explores the impact of the philanthropic activities of the Young Men's Christian Association on Russians during the late imperial and early Soviet periods. During the First World War, the Association organized assistance for prisoners of war, and after the emigration of many Russians to Europe, founded the YMCA Press and supported the St. Sergius Theological Academy; the author demonstrates that the YMCA contributed to the preservation, expansion, and enrichment. 588 0 Print version record. 610 20 YMCA of the USA|xHistory|y20th century. 610 20 Russkoe studencheskoe khristīanskoe dvizhenīe. 610 20 Orthodox Eastern Church|xRelations|xProtestant churches |xHistory|y20th century. 650 0 Young Men's Christian associations|zRussia|xHistory|y20th century. 650 0 Young men|xServices for|zRussia|xHistory|y20th century. 650 0 Church work with men|zRussia|xOrthodox Eastern Church. 650 0 Protestant churches|xMissions|zRussia|xHistory|y20th century. 650 0 Russians|xServices for|zForeign countries|xHistory|y20th century. 650 0 Protestant churches|xRelations|xOrthodox Eastern Church |xHistory|y20th century. 650 7 RELIGION|xInstitutions & Organizations.|2bisacsh 651 0 United States|xRelations|zRussia|xHistory|y20th century. 651 0 Russia|xRelations|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th century. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aMiller, Matthew Lee, 1968-|tAmerican YMCA and Russian culture.|dLanham : Lexington Books, ©2013 |z9780739177563|w(DLC) 2012048397|w(OCoLC)828188069 914 ocn855534573 994 92|bGTK
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