INTERNAL TROOPS MORE RELIGIOUS THAN REGULAR ARMY SOLDIERS.

Publication: Monitor Volume: 1 Issue: 22

The olderand better-educated troops of the interior ministry are more interestedin religion than are the young draftees of the Russian army, FatherAndrei Pylev told Blagovestnik (Vologda, no. 4). Pylev, who isresponsible for Russian Orthodox Church work in the military, said itwas far easier for priests to work with the interior troops.

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