Secularisation in the USSR

Even a casual glance at the history of Central Asia leaves us
in no doubt that since the advent of Islam in Central Asia, its all-
embracing role has been one of the determining factors in the life
of Central Asians. The drive for secularisation in Central Asia
was thus primarily linked with the maintenance and consolidation
of the Russian Empire in the shape of a "proletarian
multinational state controlled by the Russian communists".
This is the most up-to-date study of the Soviet policy of
secularisation and its implementation in Soviet
Uzbekistan. The subject of this study concerns an important
aspect of development of Soviet
society during its formativeperiod, 1917-1938.
A powerfully organised politica movement as well as one party
state-structure committed to creating new bases of political
power continue to be the main bulwark of the Soviet policy of
secularisation. In short, this policy in the USSR has yet to
acquire a self-generating character.