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Russian revolution
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Assasination
Bolsheviks assassinated the tsar and his family -
communist international
the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin began the Communist International -
League of godless
party organised the League of the Godless to harass and persecute churchgoers -
Stalin
Joseph Stalin seized control of the Communist Party -
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Stalin five year plan
Stalin’s Five Year Plan -
Priest discrimination
priests were not considered workers -
Pope pius
Pope Pius XI, in direct response to the increasing and severe persecution of Christians in Russia, published his encyclical Divini Redemptoris -
Suppression of churches
constitution allowed religious freedom, the Communist Party systematically suppressed the Christian churches
