Published: 15 April 2010
In the article the actual problems of the state-church relations in Russia are revealed, the explanation to the reasons of the hostile attitude of Bolsheviks to the religion and the church is given, and the conclusions are proposed, which must be made for further development of the interrelations between the Russian State and the Russian orthodox church of more than the half century history of socialist statehood. The reasons for an increase of the people interest in religion and an increase of religiosity in the primary structures of the country are shown.