Religious suppression in Soviet Russia

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  • Created by: Alex2017
  • Created on: 24-04-17 19:08

CONTROL OF THE PEOPLE

Religious suppression

  • Church provided an alternative ideology to that of Marxism
  • Rights of the individual contrasted with the collective mentality of Socialist
  • Orthodox church had been tied closely with Tsarism
  • There was to be no 'opium of the masses' other than communism
  • Influence of Islam
    • Initially there were few attempts made to attack Islam
    • Mid-1920s -gov felt comfortable enough to attack Islamic institutions
    • closed down mosques
    • 1927- campaign against the veiling of women
    • Ramadan fasting was condemned 
    • Polygamy was prohibited 
    • resulted in a series of revolts in 1928
    • Many muslims retained Islamic customs in private while others joined underground brotherhoods.
  • Lenin
    • 1918 Decree on the Freedom of Conscience 
      • Separated orthodox church from the state
    • Large number of churches destroyed
    • Valuable objects were seized to help pay for food supplies during civil war
    • Priests were deprived of the vote, denied rations and were victims of the…

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