Stalin and Religion 1

Question 1

1. Stalin was often quite _________ when dealing with religion.
2. What did Stalin order the closure of during the Collectivization drive?
   - Why?
3. What did Stalin set targets for outside of Russia?
   - Where did the NKVD attack local priests and intellectuals?

Answer 1

1. Pragmatic.
2. Many churches.
   - They were aiding resistance to his policies.
3. The number of people from different ethnic groups he wanted purged.
   - Central Asian Republics.

Question 2

1. What were the main groups set up to protect Islam called?
   - What had happened to them by the end of 1936?
2. True or false: Despite the attacks, Islam survived and Sufi Groups kept traditions alive and growing.
   - Where in particular?
   - Who were Sufi Groups mainly run by?

Answer 2

1. Sufi Groups.
   - Destroyed.
2. True.
   - Kazakhstan.
   - Women.