RELIGIOUS PROPAGANDA IN THE PRE-REVOLUTIONARY AND POST-REVOLUTIONARY PERIODS:ON THE EXAMPLE OF GREATER BASHKIRIA AND BASSR (1900-1980S)
Journal: Magistra Vitae an electronic journal on historical sciences and archeology
Year: 2023

The article draws the reader’s attention to the transformation of the discourse in the confessional policy of Russia from restriction of the rights of Muslims to religious tolerance, in the anti-religious policy of the Soviet state from dialogue to repressive measures, and then to the policy of “containment” of religious conviction, from the struggle for atheistic education to the education of the “unbeliever”. Having used the whole range of means, both visual and verbal, the Soviet government c