1989 Moscow Crusade

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The 1989 Moscow Crusade was a landmark evangelistic campaign led by American preacher Billy Graham in the Soviet Union, symbolizing a major opening for religious expression near the end of the Cold War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian revival meeting ⓘ
evangelistic campaign ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
religious event ⓘ
aim build bridges between American and Soviet Christians ⓘ
encourage religious openness ⓘ
proclaim the Christian gospel in the Soviet Union ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
denomination Evangelical ⓘ
hasContext glasnost ⓘ
liberalization of religious policy in the USSR ⓘ
perestroika ⓘ
hasEvangelist Billy Graham ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
hasLeader Billy Graham ⓘ
hasTheme Christian preaching ⓘ
evangelism ⓘ
peace ⓘ
reconciliation ⓘ
religious freedom ⓘ
locatedIn Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR

USSR ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Union
location Moscow ⓘ
mediaCoverage international press ⓘ
religious media ⓘ
notableFor Billy Graham preaching in Moscow ⓘ
high visibility in international media ⓘ
large public Christian gatherings in the Soviet capital ⓘ
organizer Billy Graham Evangelistic Association ⓘ
participant Protestant Christians in the USSR ⓘ
Russian Orthodox believers ⓘ
Soviet citizens ⓘ
foreign Christian visitors ⓘ
pointInTime 1989 ⓘ
relatedTo Billy Graham crusades ⓘ
end of the Cold War ⓘ
religious freedom in the Soviet Union ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
significance major public Christian event in Moscow ⓘ
milestone in Soviet-American religious relations ⓘ
symbolized opening for religious expression in the Soviet Union ⓘ
timePeriod late Cold War ⓘ

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