State anti-religious publishing

The State Anti-Religious Publishing House () (GAIZ) was a Soviet publishing house which existed from 1932 to 1942.

History 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.

Directors A. S. Bogad

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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