Society for the Restoration of Orthodox Christianity in the Caucasus information
Russian society created to spread Christianity in the Caucasus
Russian: ОВПХК
Society for the Restoration of Orthodox Christianity in the Caucasus
Russian: Общество Восстановления Православного Христианства на Кавказе
St. Nino orden - I
Abbreviation
Russian: ОВПХК
Founder
Russian Empire
Type
Religion
Location
Tbilisi, Russian Empire
Region served
Caucasus
Official language
Russian
The Society for the Restoration of Orthodox Christianity in the Caucasus was an organisation in late Tsarist Russia to spread Christianity in the Caucasus after it was completely conquered by Tsarist Russia in the 19th century[1][2]
^М. В. Клычникова, Е. А. Савенко (2010). "День утверждения устава Общества восстановления православного христианства на Кавказе" (in Russian). skunb.ru. Archived from the original on July 25, 2017.
^"The Russian Empire's migration policy in the Caucasus". karabakh.org. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020.
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