Religion in the USSR

• Other Authors: Robert Conquest (Editor)
• Format: Manuscript Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Bodley Head 1968
• Series: Soviet studies series
• Subjects: Religion > Soviet Union; Soviet Union > Religion
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 THOUGH the October revolution took place more than half a century ago, the study of religion in the Soviet Union has not received the attention it deserves. This has been due partly to the difficulty of obtaining reliable information, partly perhaps to the widespread belief that Russian Orthodoxy, corrupt under the tsars and discredited by their downfall, has been in irretrievable decline and did not merit serious study. To many Western observers, therefore, the obvious commitment to Christianity of individuals of the calibre of Boris Pasternak and Svetlana Allilueva, Stalin's daughter, has come as a surprise. The three books under discussion each contribute towards a better founded understanding of the religious situation in the Soviet Union since the communists seized power.