'Storming the heavens': The Soviet League of the Militant Godless and Bolshevik political culture in the 1920s and 1930s

Among the many social campaigns launched by the Bolsheviks in the 1920s, the effort to counter the pervasive influence of religion was among the most visible. From 1924 to 1941, the League of the Militant Godless, the quasi-governmental organization charged with disseminating atheism, maintained a nationwide network of activists, published a wide array of propaganda materials, organized lectures, and agitated against religion. Examination of the League presents an opportunity to investigate how the Bolsheviks conceived and executed their social agenda to 'modernize' Russia. My dissertation uses the League's local operations in the towns of Iaroslavl' and Pskov to argue that the evolving Bolshevik political culture itself constrained social transformation.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Peris, Daniel

Contributors dc:contributor

• Koenker, Diane P.

• Religion, History of
• History, European

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1994 Peris, Daniel

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9503294
(UMI)AAI9503294

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21537