RELIGION IN RUSSIA
, CAMPAIGN OF SUPPRESSION. REACTIONS IN SOME VILLAGES. i (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) MOSCOW, February 25J Russian members of the Orthodox Church are amazingly placid under the Soviet anti-religious war, though there have been some violent reactions in scattered villages. Although thousands of churches were closed ‘at Christmastide, 50,000 still remain, 30,000 priests officiating. The excitement in the outside world has merely stimulated press comment that this indignation is a pretest to cover ai. anti-Soviet campaign.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20962, 27 February 1930, Page 11
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