ANTI-RELIGIOUS POLICY OF THE SOVIET STATE IN CHIASSR AT THE END OF THE 1950s - BEGINNING OF THE 1960s
The article is devoted to one of the little-studied pages of Chechen history - the relationship between the Soviet government and the Muslim religion in the period after the restoration of the autonomy of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. It is shown that the authorities waged a tough struggle against the traditional Sufi religious culture for the Chechen and Ingush peoples. A long period of time after the return of Chechens and Ingushes from deportation, not a single Muslim religious organization was registered in the republic. And this despite the fact that there were believers, as stated in official sources, more than 90% of the total population of Chechen and Ingush nationality. Numerous statements of believers asking for permission to build mosques until the late 1970s. did not receive a positive decision. The work reveals the various forms and methods of struggle of public authorities with the faithful population. A widespread propaganda attack was launched against them using various media. Muslims were subjected to prosecutions, measures of the so-called public influence. Citizens' gatherings were held in the settlement, where some theologians and religious authorities were forced by the authorities to speak out with condemnation of religion and calls for refusal of religious activity. Particular attention is paid to the article issued in 1958 by the Resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU "On the termination of the pilgrimage to the so-called" holy places. "The implementation of his installations led to the destruction of hundreds of Muslim-worshiped places of worship, insulting the religious feelings of millions of believers. As a result of the study, the author comes to the conclusion that the anti-religious campaign of the Soviet state showed that it was extremely difficult to destroy faith in people and the state could not cope with this task until the fall of the Soviet power.