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State control over religion

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Religious reforms subordinated the Orthodox Church to the state; Catherine secularised church lands in 1764, transforming the clergy into salaried state officials and reducing the Church's independent economic power.

AQA · 1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796 (A-level only) – Catherine the Great and Russia, 1762–1796 (study guide)

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1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796 (A-level only) – Catherine the Great and Russia, 1762–1796 (AQA A-Level)

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