Khrushchev and Religion

Question 1

1. Khrushchev’s approach to religion was more ____ ____ than Stalin.
2. What did the govt realise that church attendance was a form of?

Answer 1

1. Hard line.

2. Resistance.

Question 2

1. What were closed again after WW2?
2. What 2 things were re-introduced?
   - Give an example of this (including the year).
3. What year were Roman Catholic monasteries closed?
4. Who were placed under surveillance?
5. Patrols refused to let believers have access to ____ _____.

Answer 2

1. Churches.
2. Anti-religious propaganda and magazines.
   - ‘Science and Religion’ from 1960 onwards.
4. Orthodox convents.
5. Holy sites.

Question 3

1. What did Khrushchev also use to attack religion?
2. What fraction of Orthodox churchgoers were women?
   - What % of protestant Christians were women?
3. From 1960 a propaganda campaign encouraged men to do what?
4. What were nuns labelled as?

Answer 3

1. Soviet space programme.
2. 2/3.
   - 80%.
3. Take the leading role in educating their children.
4. Unnatural women.

Question 4

1. Khrushchev’s campaign also revived the initiative to ________ women from Islam.
2. The number of Orthodox Church buildings was reduced from ____ in 19__ to ____ in 19__.
3. Khrushchev anti-religious campaign led to the birth of what? (2)

Answer 4

1. ‘Liberate.’
2. 8000 in 1958 to 5000 in 1964.
3. A new dissident campaign that flourished in the 1960s and 70s.