CHRISTMAS IN RUSSIA
OBSERVANCE RESENTED A COMMUNIST MANIFESTO frees Association—By Telegraph— Copyright. LONDON, January 9. (Received January 10, at noon.) The Riga correspondent of ‘ The Times' reports that, angry at the failure of the anti-religious Christmas campaign, the Komsomoltei (the name if the Young Communist League) circularised its branches throughout Russia complaining that not only the peasantry, but considerable masses ol the workmen still insist on observing Christmas on January 6, according to the oldstyle calendar, which the Soviet abolished, and enjoins more energetic steps in thwarting the religious enemy, which is polluting minds and gaining influence over Soviet citizens. The circular concludes: “This is a real danger. The towns arc worse than the countryside New religious sects arc springing up, encouraging parents to teach their children good .aanners and politeness, and to abstain from bad language. The Komsomoltsi must and this.”—‘ The Times.’
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Evening Star, Issue 19760, 10 January 1928, Page 7
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