Metadata: Board of Religious Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR
Collection
- Country:
- Lithuania
- Holding institution:
- Lithuanian Central State Archives
- Holding institution (official language):
- Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas
- Postal address:
- O. Milašiaus g. 21, 10102 Vilnius
- Phone number:
- +370 5 247 7830
- Web address:
- http://www.archyvai.lt/en/news.html
- Email:
- lcva@archyvai.lt
- Reference number:
- R-181
- Title:
- Board of Religious Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR
- Title (official language):
- Religijų reikalų taryba prie Lietuvos TSR ministrų tarybos
- Creator/accumulator:
- Board of Religious Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR
- Date(s):
- 1944/1990
- Language:
- Lithuanian
- Russian
- Extent:
- 710 files
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection includes records from religious communities in Lithuania during the Soviet occupation from 1944-1990. The collection includes: 1 ) Records of surveillance files of religious communities - Christians, Jews, Karaites, etc.; 2) Records of a registry of communities; 3) Records of secret correspondence concerning activities of members of religious communities.
The Jewish related material in the collection includes cases of Jewish communities under surveillance in Kaunas and Vilnius, for example in Maronio Street, Kaunas in 1946.
Examples of Jewish-related files:
Files pertaining to plans of conversion of a synagogue to a cinema (in Vilnius, Ukmergė street, number 20), 1948 (inventory 1, file 30)
Observation files of Panevėžys karaite religious community, 1947/1951 (inventory 2, file 103)
Observation files of Vilnius city karaite community, 1946/1947 (inventory 2, file 104)
Observation files of Kauans city Jewish religious community (Maironis street, 28), 1946 (inventory 2, file 107)
Files pertaining to Jewish religious communities in Vilnius and Kaunas, (inventory 2, file 173)
Observation files of Traikai city karaite religious community , (inventory 2, file 180)
- Archival history:
- The Lithuanian Central State Archives obtained the files from the Board of Religious Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- One of the ideological objectives of the Soviet Union was the elimination of religion and the advocacy of atheism. The Board of Religious Affairs under the Council of Ministry of the Lithuanian SSR registered and controlled all the activities of religious organisations. The name of the board was modified a few times. The board was abolished on 14 June 1990 after Lithuania gained independence.
- System of arrangement:
- The collection is arranged chronologically.
- Finding aids:
- A list of files is available at the Lithuanian Central State Archives.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
- Author of the description:
- Monika Žulytė