Religion in the Soviet Union: An Archival Reader

by Felix Corley

Book Overview

Persecution of religious groups by the Soviet state was no secret. Soviet ideology was explicitly materialist and anti- religious; the state made no apology for its repression of religion.
Here, for the first time in English, are the actual documents tracing that repression, clearly revealing the struggle between religious forces and the Russian communist state. Religion in the Soviet Union provides access to the archival materials, translated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814715397
• ISBN13: 9780814715390
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.4" x 9.0"