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Mark Mendelevich Persits (Russian: Марк Менделевич Персиц, ~ 1908–1986) was a Soviet propagandist of atheism and a scientific worker in the study of problems of religion and atheism, Writer, historian of social thought.[1]

Persits was an employee of the Institute of History of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1952 he defended his thesis for the degree of candidate of historical sciences on the topic «Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR of January 23 (February 5), 1918 "On the separation of church from state and school from the church" and its historical significance».

He studied the history of Marxist atheism and atheism and the history of free thinking and the struggle for freedom of conscience in Russia.[2] Persits suggested that the success of an atheist lecture depended not so much on the content as on the lecturer.[3]

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  1. ^ Персиц Марк Менделевич
  2. ^ Персиц Марк Менделевич
  3. ^ Victoria Smolkin. A Sacred Space Is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism. / Princeton University Press, 2018 / p. 157
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