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Istoriia Tserkovnoslavianskogo Iazyka v Rossii (Konets XIX-XX v.)

This monograph is the first attempt of writing the history of the Church Slavonic language, the language of liturgy, in the twentieth century. The history of the language is closely tied to the dramatic and controversial history of the Russian Orthodox Church. The book covers the extensive discussion about reforming the liturgical language, the work of the Commission on the Correction of Liturgical Books (1907-1917), the Russian Renewed Church (Obnovlencheskaia) (1917-1922) and their sweeping program of ecclesiastical reform, publishing activities of the Moscow Patriarchate in 1943-1988. The authors study and teach the Church Slavonic language, they also published a textbook of this language. Supplements include several documents from the history in subject. Bibliography.