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[[File:Svb-1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The membership card of the [[League of Militant Atheists]] of the [[USSR]] (Russian: Членский билет Союза воинствующих безбожников)]]

[[File:Svb-1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The membership card of the [[League of Militant Atheists]] of the [[USSR]] (Russian: Членский билет Союза воинствующих безбожников)]]

''See also:'' [[Atheism and communism]] and [[Communism and religious persecution]]

''See also:'' [[Atheism and communism]] and [[Communism and religious persecution]] and [[Restrictions on religious activity and/or religious persecution in Czarist, Soviet, and contemporary Russia]]

According to Harold J. Berman, a Harvard specialist in Soviet law, "militant atheism was the official religion, one might say, of the Soviet Union and the Communist Party was the established church."<ref>Multiple references:

According to Harold J. Berman, a Harvard specialist in Soviet law, "militant atheism was the official religion, one might say, of the Soviet Union and the Communist Party was the established church."<ref>Multiple references: