Struggle against religion and the church in Belarus under the conditions of the command and administrative system formation (the late 1920s – 1941)

Authors

  • Ivan I. Yanushevich Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Keywords:

Orthodox Church, anti-religious propaganda, Communist Party
Supporting Agencies
The article was supported by the state programme of scientific research «Society and humanitarian security of the Belarusian state» for 2021–2025 (the subprogramme «History», task 1.03.206 «Social transformation of the Belarusian society and the processes of state building in Belarus in the 1920–30s», state registration number 20212415).

Abstract

The article analyses the content of the information and propaganda work of party and Komsomol structures in Soviet Belarus on the spread of atheism. It is established that during the period under review there was no single point of view on the issue of evaluating the effectiveness of atheistic education of the population. It was determined that administrative measures in the form of closing churches and arrests of priests were the main tool for combating the religiosity of the population.

Author Biography

  • Ivan I. Yanushevich, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (history), docent; associate professor at the department of cultural studies, faculty of social and cultural communications

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Published

2023-03-06

Issue

No. 1 (2023): Human in the Socio-Cultural Dimension

Section

World and National Culture

How to Cite

[1]
Yanushevich, I.I. 2023. Struggle against religion and the church in Belarus under the conditions of the command and administrative system formation (the late 1920s – 1941). Human in the Socio-Cultural Dimension. 1 (Mar. 2023), 39–49.