ОБРАЗ ПРАВОСЛАВНОГО СВЯЩЕННОСЛУЖИТЕЛЯ-РЕНЕГАТА В СОВЕТСКОЙ АНТИРЕЛИГИОЗНОЙ ПРОПАГАНДЕ В 1922-1923 ГГ

Abstract

The article is devoted to anti-religious activities in the USSR in 1922-1923. The article deals with the problem of using the image of a renegade clergyman in anti-religious propaganda, which, in turn, was the main one in the entire anti-religious propaganda of the period under study. Not the least role in anti-religious propaganda was played by the Soviet newspaper Bezbozhnik, which was not only one of the many periodicals in the 1920s that directly or indirectly related to the Soviet government stance on religion, but was the leading newspaper specializing in aggressive propaganda of godlessness. In addition, this newspaper was a consolidating and organizing platform for the atheists of the USSR, and in the future, acted as an organizing force in the creation of the "Union of Militant Atheists" - organization that aims to completely eradicate religion. Some cases of the denial of Orthodox clergymen from the church are investigated. The article analyzes the methods of propaganda of atheism by the “Atheist” newspaper. The propaganda image of a renegade priest created by anti-religious propaganda is examined in detail. The history of the anti-religious policy of the Soviet state is being studied. When writing the article, the author used the historical-systemic approach and the principle of historicism.