MARSHAL A. M. VASILEVSKY: THE SPIRITUAL ROOTS OF THE COMMANDER

Georgy Vladimirovich Andrianov

Kostroma Theological Seminary, Kostroma, Russia

Email: rector44@mail.ru

ORCID: 0000–0001–7534–6776

Issue: № 3 (27), 2024

Pages: 113

Annotation

The article systematizes little-k nown data about the ancestors of Marshal of the Soviet Union A. M. Vasilevsky, who were representatives of the ancient family of the clergy of the Vasilievsky Church of the village of Shokhna in the Nerekhtsky district and other churches of the Kostroma diocese. The author pays special attention to the topic of the ecclesiastical origin of the commander's surname, which was originally written as "Vasilievsky". After the events of 1917, the future military commander was forced to change the spelling of his ancient surname. The article shows the historical setting in which the ancestors of Alexander Mikhailovich carried out their church service. In a sense, this was survival in a hostile environment of the most zealous Old Believers of the Kostroma province. The author suggests that this could have predetermined the character of the marshal: dignity, modesty, restraint, loyalty to the word, dedication to the cause and the ability to peacefully convince. It tells in detail about the early years of the ministry of the father of the military commander, the priest Mikhail Vasilyevsky, who studied Old believers church service and became a senior priest in a Common Faith congregation where he continued to cooperate with old believers.

Keywords

Marshal Alexander Mikhailovich Vasilevsky, Great Patriotic War, priest Mikhail Vasilevsky, Kostroma province, Kostroma Theological Seminary, Kostroma Kremlin, Shokhna, Zolotylovo, Vichuga, Novaya Golchikha, Novopokrovskoye, churchyard Vasily the Great, co-religionism, dedication to the surplice, consecration, sexton, reader, psalmist

For citation

Andrianov G. V., priest. Marshal A. M. Vasilevsky: the spiritual roots of the commander // Ipatievsky vestnik. 2024. № . 3. Р. 113–130 (In Russian). https://doi. org/10.24412/2309–5164–2024–3–113–130