Khruschev’s Anti-religious Campaign

Question 1

What did Khrushchev personally feel about religion?

Answer 1

Fervently anti religious

Question 2

Who’s programme of repression of religion was Khruschev’s similar too?

Answer 2

Pre-War Stalin

Question 3

When did Khruschev’s harsh religious campaign launch and end?

Answer 3

1958-1959 till 1964 removal

Question 4

What did Khrushchev limit the roles of priests to?

Answer 4

Spiritual advice only

Question 5

What did Khrushchev do to parish councils during his campaign?

Answer 5

Placed under control of party officials

They often dismissed priests on the grounds that they were no longer needed

Question 6

Within four years of Khruschev’s religious repression campaign, how many existing churches were closed?

Answer 6

10,000

Question 7

Under Khrushchev, what often happened to surviving priests?

Answer 7

Harassed by secret police

Question 8

Under Khrushchev, which other religious groups also suffered from severe restrictions on their right to congregate and worship?

Answer 8

Baptists and Jews