A Sacred Space Is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism

"When the Bolsheviks set out to build a new world in the wake of the Russian Revolution, they expected religion to die off. Soviet power used a variety of tools--from education to propaganda to terror--to turn its vision of a Communist world without religion into reality. Yet even with its mono...

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Main Author: Smolkin, Victoria (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Princeton Princeton University Press 2018
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Further subjects:B Atheism (Soviet Union) History 20th century
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Parallel Edition:Print version: Smolkin, Victoria: A Sacred Space Is Never Empty : A History of Soviet Atheism. - Princeton : Princeton University Press,c2018. - 9780691174273

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