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In the minds of most historians of imperial Russia, the reign of Tsar Nicholas I (r. 1825--1855) is closely linked with the ideological slogan known as Official Nationality. Consisting of three principles---Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality---and promoted by Russian official…

This thesis examines and analyzes the Soviet Union's religious policies through a comparison of policy toward the Russian Orthodox Church and that toward Islam. It explains the differences in religious policy between each Soviet leader, while further breaking down each leader's …