This source demonstrates a national-religious effort to provide rights for the Lithuanian Catholic Church to operate freely and without Soviet interference. 

These images demonstrate a contrast between the Russian Orthodox Church, which was nominally permitted but heavily infiltrated by the Soviet government, and the Catholic Church, which represented western influence and faced intense scrutiny by communist officials. 

Therefore, the Soviet treatment of Lithuanian Catholic believers might provide an interesting glimpse into the relationship between religion and nationality in the final years of the Union.

This image depicts an organization representing Ukrainian believers specifically. 

Its size and boldness in being photographed demonstrate at least some lenience on the part of early Soviet authorities, suggesting that oppressive national-religious policies had not yet been put into place and Ukrainianization was still alive and well. 

This image provides a stark contrast to the writings witnessed later on, which detail Ukrainians’ lack of representation within Soviet society.

The number of images represented in this collection (not fully shown here) and the state of the buildings involved demonstrate that the Georgian Orthodox Church experienced a revival in the 1970s and 1980s following years of persecution under Stalin and other Soviet leaders. 

Therefore, they may provide an interesting contrast between how Soviet nationality policies affected Georgian religion and culture, and those of other nations such as Ukraine and Lithuania.