"You must remember that we persecute nobody for religion. We regard religion as an error and fight it with education."
— Mikhail Kalinin

January 1, 1970

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To Red Army political agitators, May 19, 1943. Quoted in "Stalin's Holy War: Religion, Nationalism, and Alliance Politics" - Page 109 - by Steven Merritt Miner - History - 2003