>never that successful at embracing atheism The USSR certainly tried however, to tune of millions dead and created its own religion with the veneration of Lenin

>never that successful at embracing atheism The USSR certainly tried however, to tune of millions dead and created its own religion with the veneration of Lenin and Stalin as cults of personality. For those interested, here is a timeline of that period compiled by the Russia Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (those fleeing persecution). https://www.rocorstudies.org/2019/10/25/timeline-of-the-orthodox-church-in-the-xxth-century-part-i-1917-1927/ https://www.rocorstudies.org/2019/10/25/timeline-of-the-orth... In 1917, there were 51,450 Orthodox Churches. 20 years later, only 500 were left. In 1917, one month after taking power, the Bolsheviks: declared all land to be controlled by their committees, including church property, all education institutions were handed to the state, all financial aid severed to religious institutions was severed, and separation of school and church and state and church was declared. * 100's of thousands mass executed during the Red Terror