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Stalin, who said, "We
                                                            engage in anti-religious
                                                               propaganda, and will
                                                            continue to do so", once
                                                           supported the Church for
                                                         tactical reasons against the
                                                            growth of fascism in the
                                                               West. Yet in practice
                                                           communism was entirely
                                                         based on the destruction of
                                                                 places of worship.
                                                              Left: The Georgievsky
                                                             Church in Gorky being
                                                           demolished by Bolshevik
                                                                        militants.











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