State anti-religious publishing
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State anti-religious publishing (Template:Lang-ru) was a Soviet publishing house, which existed from 1932 to 1942.[1][2]
History
It was created in 1932 in Moscow, Russia as part of OGIZ, a major government owned publishing house.[clarification needed][1] It was governed by the Central Board of the League of Militant Atheists.[1][2]
Directors
- A. S. Bogad[1]
Publishing activities
It released anti-religious literature: books on various issues of atheism and the history of religion, the attitude of the CPSU (b)[clarification needed] about religion, about the origin of religion, history of religion[clarification needed – Unclear antecedent: duplicate or part of CPSU-related text?] and the church.[which?][1][2][clarification needed – What is the following bulleted list & what section heading does it belong under?]
- E. M. Yaroslavsky "against religion and the church," T. 1–5. (1932–1936) (Template:Lang-ru)
- I. I. Skvortsov-Stepanov "Thoughts on Religion" (1936) (Template:Lang-ru)
- V. K. Nikolsky "The Origin of Religion" (1940) (Template:Lang-ru)
- A. B. Ranovich "Essays on the History of the Early Church" (1941) (Template:Lang-ru)
- Baruch Spinoza "Tractatus Theologico-Politicus" (1934)
- P. Holbach "Selected works of anti-religious" (1934)
- Ernst Haeckel "Riddle" (1937).
Newspaper "Bezbozhnik" and "Antireligioznik" magazines.[1][2]
Literature
- "ГАИЗ". Atheistic Dictionary (2-е изд., испр. и доп, 200000 экз ed.). М.: Политиздат. 1985. p. 512.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|agency=ignored (help) - Sheinman M. M. (1964). "ГАИЗ, Государственное антирелигиозное издательство". Словарь атеиста. Издательство политической литературы. p. 272.