Russian Catholic Church
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The Russian Catholic Church is a Byzantine Rite church sui juris of the Catholic Communion. Historically it represents a schism from the Russian Orthodox Church which is now in submission to the Pope of Rome.
The first Apostolic Exarchate for Russian Catholics was formed in 1917, but the Bolshevik Revolution soon followed, all but annihilating the community. In 1928, a second Apostolic Exarchate was set up for the Russian Catholics in China, based in Harbin.
As of 2004, the two exarchates are still at least officially extant but have not yet been reconstituted.
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