WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Communist government targeted religions based on State interests, and while most organized religions were never outlawed, religious property was confiscated, believers were harassed, and religion was ridiculed while atheism was propagated in schools.

Detailed explanation-2: -Orthodox Christianity was demographically, politically, and culturally by far the most important religion of the Russian Empire and remained as such during the Soviet period and beyond.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Russian Orthodox Church was supported under Joseph Stalin in the 1940s, after the Second World War, then heavily suppressed under Nikita Khrushchev in the 1960s, and then revived again by the 1980s.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Soviet Union (1922–1991) had a long history of state atheism, whereby those who were seeking social success generally had to profess atheism and stay away from places of worship; this trend became especially militant during the middle of the Stalinist era, which lasted from 1929 to 1939.

Detailed explanation-5: -Historically, the freedom of religion in Russia has often changed to suit the respective political contexts. Currently, Russia is a majority Russian Orthodox society with significant minority religions within its borders, protected by the Constitution of Russia.