A community-edited reference article on the Soviet mass organization founded to promote atheism and coordinate anti-religious propaganda, covering its 1925 founding under Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, its peak and later membership figures, its publications, its documented role in reducing the number of registered religious communities across the Union, and its wartime dissolution.
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Assessment
Reliability TierCommunity-edited reference page, tier 3. Used for its membership and publication figures, which the article draws from standard secondary histories of Soviet anti-religious policy rather than original research. Citation
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Militant_Atheists 1 Connections
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This source names Atheism directly: "mass organization founded to promote atheism and coordinate anti-religious propaganda, covering its 1925 founding under Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, its peak and later membership figures, its publications..."
Source Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Edition
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1. Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Edition
Claims Backed By This Source (26 claims)
This source backs 26 claims across the atlas. As facts: 18 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 3 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Articles, 14 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
- Secular Organizations, 11 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 connected, 2 general references.
- Religious Events, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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