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Soviet state atheism

Soviet policy that sought to eliminate religion and promoted atheism.

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Also known as
State atheism in the Soviet Union

The Soviet government made the elimination of religion an ideological goal: it confiscated church property, harassed believers and taught atheism in schools, while most organized religions were never formally outlawed.

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  • In God We Trust According to PolitiFact Scholarship & press 2

    PolitiFact attributes this view to historians; it refers to the 1950s religious phrases in the Pledge of Allegiance, on currency and in the national motto.

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  1. Revelations from the Russian Archives: Internal Workings of the Soviet Union, Library of Congress. Primary record
    The Soviet Union was the first state to have as an ideological objective the elimination of religion.
  2. America's 250th: How long has the US used the phrases 'In God We Trust' and 'Under God'?, PolitiFact, 18 May 2026. Scholarship & press
    The impetus, historians say, came from the stark ideological battle lines of the Cold War against the officially God-less Soviet Union.
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