Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism during Soviet era

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Soviet cultural institution atheism museum museum

The Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism was a Soviet-era institution, housed in Saint Isaac's Cathedral in Leningrad, that presented religion through a Marxist–atheist lens as a historical and ideological phenomenon.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism during Soviet era canonical	2
Soviet museum network	1
State Museum of the History of Religion (historically and/or in part)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet cultural institution ⓘ atheism museum ⓘ museum ⓘ
aimedTo	demonstrate historical decline of religion ⓘ promote scientific atheism ⓘ
approachToReligion	historico-materialist ⓘ
associatedWith	Soviet atheism campaigns ⓘ state atheism in the USSR ⓘ
buildingFunctionBefore	place of worship ⓘ
buildingFunctionDuring	museum space ⓘ
buildingName	Saint Isaac's Cathedral ⓘ
cityCurrentName	St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
cityDuringExistence	Leningrad ⓘ
context	Soviet anti-religious policy ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
educationalRole	indoctrination in atheism ⓘ
exhibited	documents on religious history ⓘ materials on church–state relations ⓘ religious artifacts ⓘ
governedBy	Soviet state authorities ⓘ
housedIn	Saint Isaac's Cathedral ⓘ
ideologicalOrientation	Marxist–atheist ⓘ
interpretationFramework	Marxist–Leninist theory of religion ⓘ
languageOfExhibits	Russian ⓘ
locatedIn	Leningrad ⓘ St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
occupiesFormerly	Russian Orthodox cathedral ⓘ
partOf	Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism during Soviet era self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Soviet museum network
portrayedClergyAs	agents of reaction ⓘ
portrayedReligionAs	product of social and economic conditions ⓘ tool of class oppression ⓘ
presentedAs	historical phenomenon ⓘ ideological phenomenon ⓘ
religiousBuildingRepurposedAs	museum of atheism ⓘ
significance	example of secular use of religious architecture ⓘ major Soviet center of atheist education ⓘ
symbolized	subordination of church to state in the USSR ⓘ
targetAudience	Soviet citizens ⓘ school groups ⓘ workers and youth organizations ⓘ
thematicFocus	critique of religion ⓘ history of religion ⓘ promotion of atheism ⓘ
usedFor	anti-religious propaganda ⓘ guided tours emphasizing critique of religion ⓘ lectures on scientific atheism ⓘ
usedSaintIsaacsCathedralAs	exhibition hall ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Isaac's Cathedral → usedAs → Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism during Soviet era ⓘ

Kazan Cathedral → wasUsedAs → Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism during Soviet era ⓘ

Church of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ → managedBy → Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism during Soviet era ⓘ

this entity surface form: State Museum of the History of Religion (historically and/or in part)

Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism during Soviet era → partOf → Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism during Soviet era self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism

this entity surface form: Soviet museum network