State anti-religious publishing
The State Anti-Religious Publishing House (GAIZ) was a Soviet publishing house which existed from 1932 to 1942.
State anti-religious publishing
- Founded
- 1932
- Headquarters
- Soviet Union
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The State Anti-Religious Publishing House (GAIZ) was a Soviet publishing house which existed from 1932 to 1942.
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Established in 1932 in Moscow, Russia as part of OGIZ, the government-owned publishing conglomerate, it was governed by the Central Board of the League of Militant Atheists.
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• A. S. Bogad
Publishing activities
Publishing activities
GAIZ released anti-religious literature, including books on atheism, the history of religion, the attitudes of the ВКП(б) about religion, about the origin and history of religion, and the church. Published works include: • E. M. Yaroslavsky "Against religion and the church," Vols. 1–5. (1932–1936) • I. I. Skvortsov-Stepanov "Thoughts on Religion" (1936) • V. K. Nikolsky "The Origin of Religion" (1940) • A. B. Ranovich "Essays on the History of the Early Church" (1941) • Baruch Spinoza "Tractatus Theologico-Politicus" (1934) • P. Holbach "Selected works of anti-religious" (1934) • Ernst Haeckel "Riddle" (1937). • Newspaper "Bezbozhnik" and "Antireligioznik" magazines.
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