Formation of legislation on religious organizations in the Soviet period
In this article, the authors explore the legislative regulation of the legal status and activities of religious organizations after the establishment of Soviet power. The authors note that the tendencies towards the separation of the church from the state were already outlined during the period of the Provisional Government, and already under the Bolsheviks, on January 22, 1918, the Decree of the Council of People's Commissars "On the separation of the church from the state and the school from the church" was adopted. The Decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee and the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR "On Religious Associations" of April 08, 1929 significantly concretized and clarified many of the provisions of the said decree, became the basis of the legal framework for regulating religious activity until 1990. In conclusion, attention is drawn to the fact that the constitutional guarantee of freedom of conscience allowed traditional confessions to maintain their activities and revive already in the 1990s.