RELIGION IN RUSSIA
NOT STAMPED OUT NEW DANGER TO SOVIET (United Service) Reed. 9.5 a.m. RIGA, Wednesday. Despite anti-religious propaganda, the “Pravda” estimates that in the twelfth year of Soviet power, from 40 to 50 per cent, of the Russian children are still under the influence of the Church. It adds: “There are at least 50,000 establishments occupied by 250,000 members of various cults, including Mahommedans, Buddhists and Jews. It appears that sects, like the Methodists and Baptists, which were repressed by Greek Church influence under the Tsar, are now gaining ground rapidly. “The richer elements among the peasants find powerful allies in the religious sects.” The Soviet Press declares, probably correctly, that all the antiSoviet forces have now realised the menace and have formed a united front that is more dangerous than the former landlords, nobles, generals and Greek Church dignitaries.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 547, 27 December 1928, Page 9
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