BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE MINISTERS OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN TRANSCARPATHIAN REGION IN THE POST-WAR PERIOD (BASED ON MATERIALS FROM STATE ARCHIVES)

Abstract

This study collects and analyzes information about presbyters (clergymen) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church religious community in Transcarpathia in the post-war period. The work is based on archival materials stored in the state archives of Transcarpathian region. Of particular value are the unique autobiographical documents that allow us to reconstruct and analyze the social composition, education, age and language characteristics of the clergy, as well as their living conditions and religious service. 
The results of the study will contribute to a deeper understanding of the Adventist community and, indirectly, the Protestant component of religious life in Transcarpathia during the Soviet era. This issue has not yet been the subject of systematic scientific study, so its examination is intended to fill the existing gaps in historiography.
The purpose of the article is to publish biographical information about the presbyters (ministers) of the Adventist community in Transcarpathia in the post-war period and to analyze their social and professional portrait in Transcarpathia in the post-war period.