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Global atheism and aging populations (view source)
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Atheist ideology is part of [[communism|communist]] ideology (see: [[Atheism and communism]]).
Atheist ideology is part of [[communism|communist]] ideology (see: [[Atheism and communism]]).
According to the [[University of Cambridge]], historically, the "most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninists]] to power."<ref name="Marxism-Leninism">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20130728215151/http://www.investigatingatheism.info/marxism.html|title="Investigating atheism: Marxism"|publisher = [[University of Cambridge]]|quote=The most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the Marxist-Leninists to power. For the first time in history, atheism thus became the official ideology of a state.|year=2008|accessdate=July 17, 2014|}}</ref>
In 2002, the The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research published a paper entitled ''Are the Communist Dying out in Russia?'' which declared:
In 2002, the The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research published a paper entitled ''Are the Communist Dying out in Russia?'' which declared: