In The American YMCA and Russian Culture, Matthew Lee Miller
explores the impact of the philanthropic activities of the Young
Men's Christian Association (YMCA) on Russians during the late
imperial and early Soviet periods. The YMCA, the largest American
service organization, initiated its intense engagement with
Russians in 1900. During the First World War, the Association
organized assistance for prisoners of war, and after the emigration
of many Russians to central and western Europe, founded the YMCA
Press and supported the St. Sergius Theological Academy in Paris.
Miller demonstrates that the YMCA contributed to the preservation,
expansion, and enrichment of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. It
therefore played a major role in preserving an important part of
pre-revolutionary Russian culture in Western Europe during the
Soviet period until the repatriation of this culture following the
collapse of the USSR. The research is based on the YMCA's archival
records, Moscow and Paris archives, and memoirs of both Russian and
American participants. This is the first comprehensive discussion
of an extraordinary period of interaction between American and
Russian cultures. It also presents a rare example of fruitful
interconfessional cooperation by Protestant and Orthodox
Christians.
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