Liquidation of the Greek Catholic Church (1839)

Institutional seizure and spiritual unification. The empire officially liquidates the independent Uniate Church in Right-Bank Ukraine, forcibly transferring its faithful and property under the control of the loyal Moscow Patriarchate[1].

ID: C0059
Start:  January 1839
End:  December 1839
Version: 1.0
Created: 25 April 2026
Last Modified: 25 April 2026

Actors

ID Name Description
G0009 Russian Empire

Institutional seizure and liquidation of an independent spiritual structure on the Right Bank: «In 1839, the tsarist authorities liquidated the Greek Catholic Church»[1].

Techniques Used

ID Name Use
T0116 .001 Religious Assimilation: Forced Conversion to the Metropole's Religion

Forcible transfer of the Uniate faithful of the Right Bank into subordination to the loyal Moscow Patriarchate for the spiritual assimilation of the population[1].

T0100 Seizure of Religious Institutions

Institutional seizure and liquidation of an independent spiritual structure on the Right Bank: «In 1839, the tsarist authorities liquidated the Greek Catholic Church»[1].

Instruments

ID Name Description
S0008 Government

Institutional seizure and liquidation of an independent spiritual structure on the Right Bank: «In 1839, the tsarist authorities liquidated the Greek Catholic Church»[1].

S0011 Moscow Patriarchate

Forcible transfer of the Uniate faithful of the Right Bank into subordination to the loyal Moscow Patriarchate for the spiritual assimilation of the population[1].

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