Soviet persecution of Christians

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Soviet_persecution_of_Christians

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:endDate	1991
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:notableCase	1929 Law on Religious Associations Decree on Separation of Church and State Soviet Constitution (1936) Soviet Constitution (1977)
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Great_Purge 1922 1937 1961 anti-religious campaigns closure of churches
gptkbp:notableOrganization	gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church gptkb:Russian_Orthodox_Church gptkb:Baptist_Union gptkb:Seventh-day_Adventists gptkb:Pentecostals League of Militant Atheists
gptkbp:notablePublication	Bezbozhnik (The Godless)
gptkbp:notableVictim	gptkb:Patriarch_Tikhon gptkb:Metropolitan_Veniamin Baptist leaders Catholic clergy in Ukraine
gptkbp:perpetrator	gptkb:Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union gptkb:Soviet_government
gptkbp:policy	state atheism
gptkbp:relatedGroup	gptkb:Christianity gptkb:Russian_Orthodox_Church gptkb:Protestants gptkb:Catholics
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:Persecution_of_Christians Christianity in Russia League of Militant Atheists Soviet anti-religious campaign (1921–1928) Soviet anti-religious campaign (1928–1941) Soviet anti-religious campaign (1959–1964) Soviet anti-religious legislation Soviet anti-religious propaganda Soviet persecution of religion
gptkbp:resultedIn	confiscation of church property destruction of churches imprisonment of clergy execution of clergy suppression of religious education
gptkbp:startDate	1917
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Feast_of_the_Holy_Martyrs_of_the_20th_Century gptkb:Feast_of_the_Holy_New_Confessors gptkb:Feast_of_the_Holy_New_Martyrs_of_Georgia gptkb:Feast_of_the_Holy_New_Martyrs_of_Russia gptkb:Feast_of_the_Holy_New_Martyrs_of_Ukraine gptkb:New_Martyrs_of_Russia
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Soviet persecution of Christians