Декрет об отделении церкви от государства и школы от церкви, его реализация в Петрограде (по материалам Государственного Архива Российской Федерации)

The article based on the materials of the State Archive of the Russian Federation considers the main problems of implementation of the Decree on the Separation of Church and State in the first years of the Soviet State. On the example of events in Petrograd the article examines a set of measures taken to attempt to realize the provisions of the decree for their efficiency and effectiveness. The article deals with the problems of organizing the process of putting the decree into force and the contradictions between the provisions of the decree and the real socio-political situation in Petrograd, such as the absence of a unanimous agreement concerning enacting the decree among those responsible for it, and the lack of a clear system for its implementation. The article considers the problem of the reaction to the decree in the society and by representatives of the church, and reveals the main forms of protest of Orthodox believers in Petrograd.