Who is not a patriot in Russia?

Authors make the review of the monograph of V.A. Akhmadullin «The Patriotic Activity of Spiritual Administration of Muslims during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945)». Based on archival materials the author considers the form and scope of the patriotic activities of the Muslim Board during the Great Patriotic War. A particular attention is paid to the activities of the Council for Religious Affairs under the Council of People's Commissars (Council of Ministers of the USSR) on gathering information and bringing it to the top echelon of the party-state apparatus of the Soviet Union.