The persecution of Soviet power to the Russian Church was such that it was not to say about their faith, but even silently follow it as a feat. The new martyrs and confessors, glorified in the face of the saints did not come: believed, prayed and meekly went to their Calvarys. “Polit.ru” recalls those who gave their lives for faith and by whose prayers the Russian Church is alive - even if almost nothing came to us besides the name.

From ancient times, people not only create images or worship them, but also attack them: they break, burn, sometimes specially exhortive - behead or blind. Most often, violence collapses on the images of (strangers) of the gods and (overwhelmed) rulers.

The Alpina Non-Fixh publishing house presents the book of historian Mikhail Mayzuls “Idol, defend yourself! The cult of images and iconoclastic violence in the Middle Ages. ” From ancient times, people not only create images or worship them, but also attack them: they break, burn, sometimes specially exhortive - behead or blind. Most often, violence collapses on the images of (strangers) of the gods and (overwhelmed) rulers.

On December 18, 1916, Rostislav Alekseev, shipbuilder, creator of hydrofoils, was born. Private bussiness Rostislav Evgenievich Alekseev (1916 - 1980) was born in the city of Novozybkov in the family of an agronomist, head of an agricultural experimental station. Since 1930 he lived in Nizhny Tagil, where he worked at the radio center of the factory school.

Mikhail Mayzuls The Alpina Non-Fixh publishing house presents the book of historian Mikhail Mayzuls “Idol, defend yourself! The cult of images and iconoclastic violence in the Middle Ages. ” From ancient times, people not only create images or worship them, but also attack them: they break, burn, sometimes specially exhortive - behead or blind. Most often, violence collapses on the images of (strangers) of the gods and (overwhelmed) rulers.