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The article considers the history of patriotic activity of Smolensk clergy-home front workers of the Great Patriotic War, their role in organizing the collection of material resources in support of the Red Army, as well as the practice of awarding them with medals "For valiant labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945".
The author has set a goal – on the basis of regional documents to identify clergy-home front workers; to restore the history of their life and participation in the Great Patriotic War; to analyze the practice of recognizing them as home front workers.
The source base consisted mainly of documents from the State Archive of the Smolensk Region (the Smolensk Regional Executive Committee fund), materials on the history of the Smolensk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church during the Great Patriotic War. The documents on awarding and awarding medals, official documents, correspondence on awarding issues were studied.
The role of Smolensk clergy in achieving Victory is shown, the circle of representatives of the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church who were recognized as home front workers by awarding medals after the war, as well as those who only presented themselves, but did not receive awards, is studied.
The author believes that the Smolensk clergy made a considerable contribution to the development of patriotic activity in the conditions of the war-ravaged region, and, given the attitude of the Soviet state to the church, they are one of the most unique groups of home front workers in their total mass.
It is concluded that the fact that the Smolensk clergy are recognized as home front workers is the most vivid reflection of the recognition by the Soviet authorities of the patriotic activity of the church, its unwillingness to alienate itself from the people in the midst of a difficult war.
Keywords:home front workers, clergy, the Great Patriotic War, clergy, the Russian Orthodox Church, Soviet awards.
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