Change under Stalin and Lenin

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  • Change under Stalin and Lenin
    • Church under Lenin
      • Attacked the powers of the church
        • Lands of the church seized
        • 1918, decree on Separation of Church and State
      • Secularized deaths, births and schools No religion
        • Prosecuted priests, they weren't allowed to vote or have ration cards
          • 1927, the head of Church agrees to stay out of politics in return for recognition
        • 1921, Union of Militant Godliness established
      • Ceremonies were Bolshevised, Christenings were Octobered
      • Religion was seen as the opium of the people and backwards
        • Religion was seen as linked with the Tsar
      • Knowledge, technology, science and electricity would replace power of God
    • Church under Stalin
      • Direct attack on religion, schools closed down. Churches destroyed
        • Priests prosecuted and sent to the Gulag
          • Stalin Constitution criminalized religious propaganda but allowed priests to vote
        • By 1930 80% of Churches had closed down
        • 1/40 Churches still functioning
        • Only 5665 /60,000 priests still active, 12 / 168 priests free
      • Holy Sunday abolished in from 1929-1940
      • Part of cultural revolution, class warfare attack on the Bourgeoisie
      • Part of the Great Terror, 1935/36
    • Islam under Stalin
      • Property, land, school and Mosques seized
        • Veils forbidden
      • Sharia courts abolished, priests imprisoned or executed
        • Frequency of fasts, feasts and prayers reduced
        • This caused a split in the Islamic Church, new Mosque prop Soviet
          • Attacks on new Muslims by traditionalists
          • By 1941, 25,000 Mosques were closed and converted into public buildings
    • Other religion attacked by Stalin
      • Jewish schools and synagogues were closed down
      • Buddhist institutions attacked
      • Armenian and Georgian Churches attacked
        • Interesting as Stalin was Georgian, maybe he wanted to erase his past?
  • Impact on Stalin on religion
    • Power of the Churches broken
    • Faith remained strong
    • Religious beliefs strengthened
    • In the 1937 census, 1/2 million Soviets still classed themselves as religious

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