Quote by Nik Ripkin

“I did see, however, what the Russian church had lost in its first decade of "freedom." Under communism, the church had found a way…

— Nik Ripken

A horrible human toll the Russian Orthodox Church suffered throughout almost the entire 20th century. The Church is just rising from its knees. Our…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“In this way, the Church was a true reflection of the whole of Russian society. The KGB and the Russian people had penetrated each…

— Oliver Bullough

“I have found that the average Russian holds the United States and the American people in very high regard. Many Russians also remain deeply…

— Glenn Meade

By May, 1st, 1937, there should not be one single church left within the borders of Soviet Russia, and the idea of God will…

— Joseph Stalin

If the Church is not now as bad as the Soviet Government, that is due to the influence of those who attacked the Church

— Bertrand Russell

“Soviet Communism was a fanatical and missionary religion. A devout Communist could not be a Christian or a Buddhist, and was expected to spread…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“But in the 17th century Russian Orthodoxy was gravely weakened by an internal schism. In the 18th, the country was shaken by Peter's forcibly…

— Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

“By sanctifying History in order to discredit God, Marxism has merely rendered Him more peculiar and more haunting. You can stifle every impulse in…

— E. M. Cioran

“At the time of the October Revolution, the Russian intellectual elite had been both a part and a partner to the European conversation about…

— Masha Gessen

“The Soviet regime robbed people not only of their ability to live freely but also of the ability to understand fully what had been…

— Masha Gessen

“I suddenly realised that the devout Russian people no longer needed priests to pray them into heaven. On earth they were building a kingdom…

— John Reed