Sitarchuk R. Activity of Protestant confessions in the Soviet Ukraine (in the context of the State policy in the 20s-30s of the 20th century).

The thesis is devoted to the analysis of some confession activity: Baptists, Evangelical Christians, Adventists of the seventh day and Christians of Gospel faith in the first decade of the Soviet power in Ukraine. It has been established that the above-mentioned protestant had created autonomic church unions from the All-Union ones confessions in the investigated period. Their internal development and inter confessional activity are analyzed. The complex of anti - protestant Soviet State policy aspects in the 20s - 30s of the 20th century is also analyzed. The role of party-state machinery and special services in Church Protestant organization destruction in Ukraine is shown.