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== Leonid Brezhnev ==

== Leonid Brezhnev ==

[[File:Leonid Brežněv.jpg|thumbnail|175px|right|[[Leonid Brezhnev]] ]]

[[File:Leonid Brežněv.jpg|thumbnail|175px|right|[[Leonid Brezhnev]] ]]

''See also:'' [[Atheism and death anxiety]]

''See also:'' [[Atheism and death]]

[[Leonid Brezhnev]] served as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the [[Soviet Union]] which had [[state atheism]]. Under Brezhnev, religious believers received harsh treatment and the Soviet Union's anti-religious stance was maintained and there was a fundamental inequality between those with religious belief and those who subscribed to atheism.<ref>[http://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/rcl/11-1_025.pdf Soviet Religious Policy Under Brezhnev and After] by JOHN ANDERSON</ref>  

[[Leonid Brezhnev]] served as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the [[Soviet Union]] which had [[state atheism]]. Under Brezhnev, religious believers received harsh treatment and the Soviet Union's anti-religious stance was maintained and there was a fundamental inequality between those with religious belief and those who subscribed to atheism.<ref>[http://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/rcl/11-1_025.pdf Soviet Religious Policy Under Brezhnev and After] by JOHN ANDERSON</ref>