The legal status of religious organizations in the Soviet period (40 years of the XX century)

Abstract

In the article, the normative legal acts adopted in the USSR and in Kazakhstan were studied in relation to religion in the early and mid 40 years of the twentieth century. The example of the Soviet union and Kazakhstan describes the impact of the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church, Muslims, and the gospel of Christian and other religions adopted at the center of normative legal acts. The activity of religious organizations  was studied during the period of indulgence of the policy of the center. The article describes methods and methods of antereligious agitation in the pre-war and post-war period. The history of the creation of the Committee for Religious Affairs is described, the activity during the period of its formation is analyzed.