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The Rebirth of Religion in Russia

by Thomas Whittemore

The Holy Kremlin of Moscow has become a Bolshevik fortress. From the 9th to the 16th of November, 1917, for more than seven days under a hurricane of fire, the city was stormed and finally carried by the Bolsheviks in terrible fratricidal war. Since then the sacred citadel has been playing a new and ignominious role in the history of Russia.

Thomas Whittemore

Thomas Whittemore (1871–1950) was an American archaeologist and art historian specializing in Egyptian and Byzantine art. During World War I, he joined the Red Cross, became involved in efforts to aid Russian refugees, and immersed himself in Russian culture. Later, in the 1930s, he was instrumental in persuading Mustafa Kemal Atatürk to convert Hagia Sophia from a mosque into a museum and in uncovering the building’s Christian mosaics.

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