Finding God in the Gulag

A core tenet of the Soviet Communist Party's ideology was the belief that religion was an oppressive tool, wielded by the exploiting classes. With help of the secret police, they attempted to eliminate it completely from Soviet society by, in part, imprisoning believers and attempting to "e;re-educate"e; them in the labor camps of the infamous Gulag. However, the aims of the Gulag were conflicted,...