Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Author's Preface V
3. Editor's Foreword IX
4. Part I. RELIGION AND THE CHURCH
5. Contents. Part I XV
6. I. The Beginnings of Christianity in Russia 1
7. II. Nationalization of Faith and Church 9
8. III. The Origin of the Schism 27
9. IV. Dissent Among the Schismatics and the History of the Priestists 40
10. V. The History of the Priestless and the Discord in Their Ranks 56
11. VI. The Development of Russian Sectarianism 77
12. VII. The Destiny of the Established Church 122
13. VIII. The Church During the Revolution 151
14. Editor's Postscript 209
15. Bibliography 213
16. Index 217
17. Part II. LITERATURE
18. Contents. Part II 223
19. I. Secularization of Literature 225
20. II. The Classical Period 249
21. III. From Chekhov to the Revolution 274
22. IV. Literature Under the Soviet Regime 298
23. V. The Latest Phase 322
24. Editor's Postscript 341
25. Bibliography 347
26. Index 351
27. Part IIΙ. ARCHITECTURE, PAINTING, AND MUSIC
28. Contents. Part III 357
29. I. Architecture 359
30. II. Painting: To the Middle of the Nineteenth Century 386
31. III. Painting: Since the Middle of the Nineteenth Century 417
32. IV. Art in Soviet Russia 444
33. V. Music 459
34. Editor's Postscript 504
35. Bibliography 511
36. Index 515