Custodians of heritage and faith: Orthodox Christianity in a Russian state museum

• Published in: Civilisations
• Main Author: Tocheva, Detelina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Civilisations 2023
• Subjects: musée; religion; conservateurs; Eglise orthodoxe russe; Russie du Nord-Ouest; museum; curators; Russian Orthodox Church; Northwest Russia; Lier
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4000/civilisations.7160; https://journals.openedition.org/civilisations/7160

This article presents a case study of the ‘imperial temple’ of the former tsars’ palace in Gatchina, a state museum located nearby Saint Petersburg. It illustrates how top-level state policies have allowed professional focus on the religious materiality of the imperial past to become linked to the i...