BLOW AT RELIGION
SOVIET DEMOLISHES FAMOUS SHRINE
Australian Press Association. Moscow, July 30. Working sec:, tly overnight behind hoardings, Soviet wo-' u demolished the famous shrine of the Iberian Virgin at. the Iberian Gate, where the ’ Tsars and all classes had worshipped for 200 years. Only a blackened spot remained in the morning. It is regarded as the Soviet’s most sensational blow against religion.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 262, 1 August 1929, Page 8
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