Alexey Komarov, Evgenia Tokareva The Roman Catholic Church and the Construction of National Identity in Estonia in the Interwar Period (According to Vatican Archival Materials) Alexey Komarov - Leading Research Fellow, Head of the Centre for Nordic and Baltic History of Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia); Professor II, Department of History and Religious Studies, University of Tromso, Norway. alexeykomarov@yandex.ru Evgenia Tokareva - Leading Research Fellow, Head of the Center on the History of Religion and Church of Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia); Professor, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute). estokareva@yandex.ru The paper deals with the relations of the Holy See and Estonia in the interwar period. During this period, the Vatican showed interest in the possibility of advancement of Catholicism in the newly formed Estonian state. This activity of the Holy See was met with understanding on the part of the Estonian political elite. The representatives of the latter, interested in encouraging the formation of national identi- Исследование выполнено при поддержке Программы фундаментальных исследований секции истории ОИФН РАН "Нации и государство в мировой истории" (А. А. Комаров). В работе использованы материалы трех ватиканских архивов: Тайного архива Ватикана (Archivio segreto Vaticano - далее ASV), Исторического архива II секции Государственного секретариата (бывшей Конгрегации чрезвычайных церковных дел) (lArchivio storico della II sezione della Segreteria di Stato (gia Congregazione per gli Affari Ecclesiastici Straordinari), далее-AA.EE.SS), Исторического архива Конгрегации Восточных церквей (lArchivio storico della Congregazione per le Chiese Orientali, далее - CO). стр. 136ty and assimilation national minorities, primarily Russians, believed that Catholicism would help weaken the impact of both the Orthodox religion and Lutheranism in ... Read more