Faith and loyalty to duty: the destruction of the institution of orthodoxy in the tsarist army

In the article, based on archival materials, memoirs and memoirs of the direct participants in the events of the First World and Civil Wars in Russia, an analysis was made of the causes and conditions that contributed to a sharp decline in the confidence of servicemen in the army and state leaders. An attempt was made to explain the reason for the rejection of Christian values, the church, which, in general, could not become a link between the head of state and the Russian army in the troubled times of the beginning of the 20th century..