ACTIVITIES OF THE ASSISTANCE COMMISSIONS FOR MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH THE LEGISLATION ON RELIGIOUS CULTS IN THE MID-1970S AND EARLY 1980S IN KHAKASSIA (SOUTHERN SIBERIA)

The article studies the activities of the commissions of assistance to executive committees for monitoring compliance with the legislation on religious cults in the mid-1970s - early 1980s in Khakassia. On the basis of archival data, the duties of commission members and their methods of working with believers are shown. The commissions studied the religious situation, monitored compliance with the legislation on cults, attended meetings of religious communities, places of work and residence of believers, conducted conversations and lectures with them. Special attention is paid to the work of the commissions with schools and enterprises. The effectiveness and results of the activities of the members of the commissions, their impact on the registration process of religious communities and their role in the implementation of state policy on the ground are considered. The paper describes the issue of interaction of the commissions with the regional executive committee and the commissioner of the Council for Religious Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the USSR in the Krasnoyarsk territory, which included the Khakass Autonomous Region...