THE RUSSIAN HOLY WAR AND MILITARY STATEHOOD

Abstract

The article tests the hypothesis according to which Russia’s military strategy and the ideas of the country’s main ideologists can be linked to a war waged for the sake of religion. The author also attempts to assess to what extent such a link finds practical confirmation in the current Russian-Ukrainian war. The research focuses simultaneously on the analysis of two different areas: firstly, what is expressed in words, what is declared, and secondly, what is manifested in actions.

Keywords

• russia
• religious warfare
• military statehood
• russian world
• russian orthodox church