Bolsheviks, Soviets and Old Believers
Journal: Japanese Slavic and East European Studies
Year: 2014

Following the liberalization of religion in Russia, activities of the Orthodoxy became salient by the beginning of the twenty-first century. This process is alongside the reinvigoration of the other religions like Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism. Gods survived and are alive in Russia. The demise of the atheist state, the USSR, and its opening of religious activities during the perestroika period may be the reason why de-seculalization began to predominate recently. The dichotomy of atheist Russia v