“You must remember that we persecute nobody for religion. We regard religion as an error and fight it with education.”

To Red Army political agitators, May 19, 1943. Quoted in "Stalin's Holy War: Religion, Nationalism, and Alliance Politics" - Page 109 - by Steven Merritt Miner - History - 2003

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Soviet politician 1875–1946

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