Abstract

In this article anti-religious propaganda and agitation among the non-Russian Muslim population of Simbirsk/Ulyanovsk province in the 1920s is considered within the frames of religious policy of the Soviet state. The article is based of party office documents kept in the State Archive of Contemporary History of the Ulyanovsk region. The state and the party both failed to make serious headway in spreading atheistic worldview among Muslim Tatars. In this regard, using of force to suppress religion at the turn of 1920–1930s was had the obliged and objective character. The documents of the party and Soviet authorities are stated the failure of anti-religious propaganda and work in the 1920s in the regions.

Highlights

  • Ячейки Союза безбожников во многих нерусских селах так и не были организованы, учители практически не участвовали в антирелигиозной работе в школе, а комсомольцы и коммунисты подходили к ней формально и индифферентно 1

  • The article is based of party office documents kept in the State Archive of Contemporary History of the Ulyanovsk region

  • The documents of the party and Soviet authorities are stated the failure of anti-religious propaganda and work in the 1920s in the regions

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Introduction

В предлагаемой статье рассматривается антирелигиозная пропаганда и агитация среди нерусского мусульманского населения Симбирской/Ульяновской губернии в 1920-х гг. Закономерный – в связи с глобальным социальным переустройством общества и ликвидацией традиционных основ жизни в ходе коллективизации; вынужденный – был связан с провалом антирелигиозной работы и пропаганды в 1920-х гг. В губернии ячейки безбожников охватывали всего 286 чел.

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