Quote:So even an atheist could be in danger in that regime?
Ever heard of Leon Trotsky? He was an atheist and devoted communist who was killed by one of Stalin's thugs as a result of a power struggle.
Not that I think you have any interest in learning anything which would undercut your bullshit religion but there are others around who might.
Quote:The Great Purge was a series of campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin in 1936–1938.[1][2] It involved a large-scale purge of the Communist Party and Government officials, repression of peasants, Red Army leadership, and the persecution of unaffiliated persons, characterized by widespread police surveillance, widespread suspicion of "saboteurs", imprisonment, and executions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge...e_executed