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| image_caption = December, 1928 issue of'' Atheist''
| editor = [[Ivan Spitzberg|I. A. Spitzberg]]
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| category = antireligious
| frequency = Monthly
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| founded = 1922
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'''Ateist''' ({{langx|ru|«Атеист»}}; lit.  «Atheist») was an antireligious monthly journal in Russian, which was published from 1922 to 1930 in the [[RSFSR]] and the [[USSR]].
Ateist was established in 1921 in Moscow, on the initiative of [[Pyotr Krasikov|P. A. Krasikov]] and [[Ivan Shpitsberg|I. A. Shpitsberg]] in order to promote leading works that were critical of religion. Shpitsberg became the editor-in-chief of the journal. The first two issues of the publication Atheist were printed in the form of a newspaper in 1922, in February and March. The format of the newspaper was considered uncomfortable, and it was therefore published as a journal instead. From April 1922 to April 1925, the journal was published on a continual basis. Further, between 1925 and 1930, 59 issues were released.
The main objective of the journal was to highlight perceived issues throughout the history of religion, particularly concerning its role in the previous [[Russian Empire|Russian empire]], as well as to document the development of atheism as a philosophical position. The journal also intended to help foster the Soviet policies of [[state atheism]] by highlighting the spread of atheism in the USSR and abroad, in addition to providing translations of material from Western bourgeois scholars regarding religion and the church. Emphasis was put upon criticizing organized religion as a power structure and its supposed incompatibility with Soviet thought.
The Editorial Board of the journal consisted of: [[Nikolai Rumyantsev (historian)|N. Rumyantsev]], [[Vitaliy Shishakov|V. Shishakov]], [[:ru:Грекулов, Ефим Фёдорович|E. Fedorov-Greekulov]], [[:ru:Вороницын, Иван Петрович|I. Voronitsyn]], professor [[Semyon Kamenev|S. A. Kamenev]], professor [[:ru:Лозинский, Самуил Горациевич|S. G. Lozinsky]], professor [[:ru:Дитякин, Валентин Тихонович|V. T. Dityakin]] and [[Ivan Spitzberg|I. A. Shpitsberg]] (editor-in-chief). The slogan of the journal, printed on the front page, read: "Religion is a datura for the people" ({{langx|ru|«Религия — дурман для народа»}}). [[Dmitry Moor]] created the logo for Ateist. Ateist's publisher was located at: Moscow, [[:ru:Гранатный переулок|Granatny Lane]], house 1. The bookstore was located at: [[:ru:Малая Никитская улица|Malaya Nikitskaya Street]], house 12.
In 1931, the [[League of Militant Atheists]] began publishing the journal [[Voinstvuiuschii ateizm]]       ({{langx|ru|«Воинствующий атеизм»}}; lit.  «Militant Atheism»). This journal served henceforth as a replacement for Ateist.<ref>[[Dimitry Pospielovsky|Dimitry V. Pospielovsky]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-IGwCwAAQBAJ&dq=I.+A.+Shpitsberg&pg=PA61 A History of Soviet Atheism in Theory, and Practice, and the Believer, vol 1: A History of Marxist-Leninist Atheism and Soviet Anti-Religious Policies, St Martin's Press, New York (1987) p. 61.]</ref>
== See also ==
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* [[Bezbozhnik (newspaper)]]
* [[Revolution and Church]]
* [[Council for Religious Affairs]]
* [[Culture of the Soviet Union]]
* [[Demographics of the Soviet Union]]
* [[Persecutions of the Catholic Church and Pius XII]]
* [[Persecution of Christians in the Soviet Union]]
* [[Persecution of Christians in Warsaw Pact countries]]
* [[Persecution of Muslims#Persecution of Muslims in the former USSR|Persecution of Muslims in the former USSR]]
* [[Red Terror]]
* [[Religion in Russia]]
* [[Religion in the Soviet Union]]
* [[Society of the Godless]]
* [[Soviet Orientalist studies in Islam]]
* [[State atheism]]
* [[USSR anti-religious campaign (1917–1921)]]
* [[USSR anti-religious campaign (1921–1928)]]
* [[USSR anti-religious campaign (1928–1941)]]
* [[USSR anti-religious campaign (1958–1964)]]
* [[USSR anti-religious campaign (1970s–1990)]]
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==References==
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==Notes==
*«Православие : Словарь атеиста» / [Беленкин И. Ф. и др.]. / Под общей редакцией доктора философских наук  Н. С. Гордиенко/  - М. : Политиздат, 1988. - 270,[2] с.; 17 см.; {{ISBN|5-250-00079-7}} / С. 32
* [https://www.booksite.ru/ateist/inf.htm Журнал "Атеист"]
* [https://www.livelib.ru/publisher/6638-ateist Издательство «Атеист»]
* [http://www.etoretro.ru/pic42900.htm Журнал "Атеист" (3 фото)]
* [http://fantlab.ru/publisher6178 Издательство «Атеист»]
* [http://www.pravenc.ru/text/76760.html Атеизм]
* [https://docviewer.yandex.ru/view/0/?*=ny6GWvHmODsJNGiLfmZ6dHWFBTB7InVybCI6InlhLWRpc2stcHVibGljOi8vMmtqTXVocWtvZlpHQks1d2srTWhJb1ZlQm5FNmxXcGYwYmxZbElUY05hbz0iLCJ0aXRsZSI6ItCW0YPRgNC90LDQuyDQkNGC0LXQuNGB0YItMTkyNS5GUjEwLnBkZiIsInVpZCI6IjAiLCJ5dSI6IjE5Njc4NTQ4MzE1MjIxNjA4OTAiLCJub2lmcmFtZSI6ZmFsc2UsInRzIjoxNTM1MzMyNjU4NDIzfQ%3D%3D Журнал "АТЕИСТ"-1925]
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