Museums of Atheism

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Chris:
> My description will be very approximate. I've seen only one 
> museum of atheism. It occupied a beautiful 19th century 
> mansion on Volodarsky street in the center of Moscow, not far 
> from metro station Taganskaya. The first floor accommodated 
> an exhibition of books on atheism by Soviet writers, 
> basically critical analyses of the Bible. Also, some exhibits 
> on history of religion, particularly pictures of Russian 
> pagan gods. Also placard, posters and funny cartoons of 

Right now they are spending their money on renovating churches of
various stripes, where were grossly neglected in the Soviet era.  When I
saw that during my last year's visit to Leningrad, I thought the Soviet
screwed that up.  Neglecting these beautiful works of architecture was
totally unnecessary.  They could have simply re-defined them as products
of human labor, which is what they actually were.   They should have
turned them into museums, as they did the Hermitage.

Wojtek