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No, they were not. Church was an "opium for the folk" so church institutions could not deserve to be decorated with respected symbols of communism. This Marx phrase was the official view.

Soviet regime was strong enough on its own. There was no need for it to accept any help from religious institutions, even if offered. And the official negative position was firm enough so that voluntary decoration with such symbols was unlikely to be helpful.

No, they were not. Church was an "opium for the folk" so church institutions could not deserve to be decorated with respected symbols of communism.

No, they were not. Church was an "opium for the folk" so church institutions could not deserve to be decorated with respected symbols of communism. This Marx phrase was the official view.

Soviet regime was strong enough on its own. There was no need for it to accept any help from religious institutions, even if offered. And the official negative position was firm enough so that voluntary decoration with such symbols was unlikely to be helpful.

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No, they were not. Church was an "opium for the folk""opium for the folk" so church institutions could not deserve to be decorated with respected symbols of communism.

No, they were not. Church was an "opium for the folk" so church institutions could not deserve to be decorated with respected symbols of communism.

No, they were not. Church was an "opium for the folk" so church institutions could not deserve to be decorated with respected symbols of communism.

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No, they were not. Church was an "opium for the folk" so church institutions could not deserve to be decorated with respected symbols of communism.