As the Soviet came out of WWII and into the Cold War, many social changes began to shape the nation and influence what it was becoming. Of all the things changing for the Soviet in the latter half of the twentieth century, religion and is ties to the nation was no exception. In 1957 Khrushchev […]
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Week 9 Posts
Nothing New Under the Sun
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The 1960’s saw another wave of anti-religious propaganda under Khrushchev. The attack on religion by the communist party had a couple different tactics. The first was legislation that transferred the leadership of a local parish from a priest to a … Continue reading →
Week 5 Posts
Laws for Religion
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Stalin’s main area of focus was collectivization of farms and his Five Year Plan. However, the focus on churches and religion surfaced once again. In the early 1920’s, particularly 1923, churches were under fire. With Stalin in power now, the churches were once again under fire from the government, but this time with restrictions and […]
Comrades' Corner, Week 5 Posts
Separation of Church and State
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The Kremlin had instituted restrictions on religion and the church in 1923 but instituted more laws against the church in 1929. These laws sparked violence towards the church, the members, and the property. The government did not want their citizens attending church services on Sunday’s that they kept factories operational on the weekend to encourage the…
Week 5 Posts
Purge the Poison of Faith
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In 1929 Soviet Russia, the surface showed that the Government didn’t like religion. History tells us that the Communist regime officially made it the business of the state whether a person formed a religious group, and made it the policy of the State that religion not have a hand in government or education. The policies […]
Week 4 Posts
Out With Religion, and In With Communism!
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Once the Bolsheviks came to hold power in 1917, they were forming a “cultural front” that would spread across Russia throughout the 1920s. Creating the future Communist Party of the Soviet Union meant that some changes needed to be made to the original structure of the country so less people would deviate from their obligations … Continue reading Out With Religion, and In With Communism!
Week 4 Posts
The Renovationist Movement
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The Bolsheviks who were at odds with the Orthodox Church of Russia, continuously tried to target them, in fear of counterrevolution. This lead the Bolsheviks and their followers to seize church possessions and valuable items the church could use against them to gain followers and revolutionize. The Orthodox Church like the rest of the State … Continue reading “The Renovationist Movement”
Week 4 Posts
The Stone That the Builders Rejected
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When looking back at the atrocities committed during the 20th century, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn attributed them to the observation that men have forgotten God. He saw the rampant atheism in the world as a direct cause of the mass genocides that … Continue reading →
Greatest Hits, Red Star, Week 4 Posts
Bolshevik Party: The Antichrist?
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“Religion is the opiate of the people” – Karl Marx Beginning prior to the 1917 Revolution and lasting well beyond, several internal factions and ideological differences manifested themselves within Russia. For example, Bolshevik officials agreed with the moderate socialist’s whom endorsed bourgeois rule, while many radical underground activists rejected the bourgeois provisional government (Freeze, 280). […]
Week 4 Posts
Breaking the Chains of Religion
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He who lives and works in need his entire life is taught by religion to be meek and patient in this world, offering the comfort of hope for a heavenly reward. And they who live on the labor of others are taught by religion to be charitable in this world, offering them a cheap […]
