Activities of Greek Catholics in the Second Half of the 1960s - the First Half of the 1980s as an Expression of Anti-Soviet Opposition in the Society of Western Regions of Ukraine

Abstract

One of the components of anti-Soviet opposition in post-war Ukraine is resistance of believers to the policies of Soviet power. Particularly specific is the resistance of Greek Catholics formed under the conditions of prohibition of the activities of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (hereinafter referred to as the UGCC). Despite the government's harassment, the church continued to operate underground. Of interest to researchers is the period of the second half of the 1960s - the first half of the 1980s - the time of the growing systemic crisis of the Soviet system.