[[Soviet atheism|Soviet state atheism]] was largely unsuccessful in making converts as a whole and state atheism had more success in urban regions than rural regions.<ref>[http://www.thedivineconspiracy.org/Z3211C.pdf Forced Secularization in Soviet Russia: | [[Soviet atheism|Soviet state atheism]] was largely unsuccessful in making converts as a whole and state atheism had more success in urban regions than rural regions.<ref>[http://www.thedivineconspiracy.org/Z3211C.pdf Forced Secularization in Soviet Russia: |