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Soviet anti religious campaign and Christmas ban in Russia
The text describes a 1925 to 1930 Soviet push to eradicate religious influence through lectures literature and schools. It notes attacks on God as poison and calls for no quarter against religion. It mentions a Christmas bonfire in Moscow a ban on religious emblems on Christmas trees and the portrayal of Christendom as endangered. It cites reactions by the pope archbishop and others denouncing Soviet persecutions and portrays children as state property with church marriages replaced by secular unions.
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Union of the Goddess
Moscow
Bolshevists
Judas Iscariot
Phiilip Gibbs
London “Daily Mail
Russia
Alexandr Kolentoy
Christinas
Ressian