ANTI-RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES OF THE UNION OF GODLESS IN UKRAINE (1927 – 1930)
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The purpose of the research is to analyze the participation of the Union of Godless in the implementation of the atheist policy of the Bolshevik regime by organizing anti-religious events and involving into them of various categories of the Ukrainian society during 1927 – 1930. The methodology of the research is based on the principles of historicism, scientific character, verification, authorial objectivity, moderate narrative constructivism, as well as the use of general scientific (analysis, synthesis, generalization) and special historical (historical and genetic, historical and typological, historical and systemic) methods. The scientific novelty consists in the attempt to deepen the characteristics of anti-religious activity of the Union of Godless of Ukraine during the first years of its existence. The Conclusions. The Union of Godless was created by the Bolsheviks in order to eradicate a religious world outlook in Ukraine's multinational population. Propaganda activities were an important area of its work. However, the anti-religious propaganda of the union was not regular, it lacked regularity. The uncompromising rhetoric of the Union of Godless encountered a misunderstanding of a large part of the population and provoked a backlash that was to uphold religious beliefs. Still, it is necessary to recognize that the achievements in the anti-religious work of the non-religious organization were indeed, however, the results foreseen by its encourages were not achieved by this campaign, since the Bolsheviks did not manage to transform the world outlook of the population of Soviet Ukraine into a purely atheistic one, which was the ultimate its goal.
Key words: Union of Godless, anti-religious propaganda, fighting against religion, Ukraine.
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