Religion Flashcards
What was the decree on freedom of conscience (1918)
Separation of the church from the state
How many priests were killed during the red terror?
1000 priests
What did the decree on land do?
Peasants could sieze land from the church without compensation
(Anti religious propaganda) What was the league of the militant godless?
A bunch of young bolsheviks trying to disprove the existence of heaven to peasants
% of christians in the mid 1920s vs 1980s
55% to 25%
(Violent attacks against the church) By the 1930s what % of churches were destroyed?
80%
(Restrictions on religious freedoms) What were priests labelled as and what happened to churches in collectivisation
Kulaks and they were converted into grain stores
What happened to religion after WW2?
414 churches reopened
End to anti religious propaganda
Alliance with the church
How many churches were closed in the anti religious campaign? 1958
(Restrictions on religious freedoms) 10 000
(Restrictions on religious freedoms) What happened to pilgrimage under Khrushchev?
Banned
(Restrictions on religious freedoms) What happened to priests under khrushchev?
Harrassed by the secret police
What did brezhnev hope that science would do?
Organically lead to athiesm
What did father yakunin set up?
The christian commitee for the defence of religious rights
(Restrictions on religious freedoms) What happened to father yakunin
5 yrs in prison
What were churches expected to do under Brezhnev?
Support the poor
