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Kiev Theological Academy

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The '''Kiev Theological Academy''' was one of the theological academies in Russia during the nineteenth century. The [[academy ]] was a development of the Kiev-Mohyla Collegium that was formed under Metropolitan [[Peter Mogila|Peter Mohyla]] and was closed by the Bolshevik government that took control of the Russian Empire in 1917. The theological academy was re-established as an independent school after the fall of the Soviet Union.
==History==
After the Bolsheviks came into control of the Russian Empire in 1917, the Theological Academy was closed during the 1920s. The academy’s library was plundered and the Bohoyavlensky Cathedral destroyed.
In 1991, after the collapse and breakup of the Soviet Union, the Kiev Theological Academy re-opened as , while the Kiev-Mohyla Academy was revived as a separate, secular school called the National University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy.
==External links==
*[[whttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_University_of_Kyiv-Mohyla_Academy]] Wikipedia: National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy]
[[Category: Seminaries]]
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