Decree on Separation of Church and State


The Decree on Separation of Church from State and School from Church is a legal act adopted by the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic on January 20, 1918 came into force on January 23 of the same year, on the day of official publication. It installed the secular nature of the state power, proclaimed the freedom of conscience and religion; religious organizations were deprived of any property rights and the rights of a legal entity. It laid the foundation for the deployment of atheistic propaganda and atheistic education.
The Decree was superseded by the decree of the RSFSR Supreme Council of 25 October 1990., further superseded in Russian Federation in 1997.

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