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Russia, the Land of Contradictions
Eddy, Sherwood | October 20, 1926 issue

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In Russia, there is a complete control not only of the press, the platform, and the political machinery but of the schools, the universities, and army. There is little liberty of the press, though a wide range of criticism of the Government is permitted provided it is not seditious. The Communist Party is frankly materialistic, atheistic, and anti-religious in its policy. This is not surprising when it is remembered that, despite the deep mystical religious piety of many of the Russian people, the revolution was not only against a corrupt state but against a reactionary church that often presented a sad caricature of religion, and at times was an adjunct of the police department and the spy system.

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CRITICISM; COMMUNIST parties; POLITICAL corruption; CHURCH & state; RELIGION; SOVIET Union
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