Economic aspect of the state and church the relations during the Soviet period

Article is devoted to the analysis of an economic component of relationship of the Soviet state and Russian Orthodox Church. The main attention is given to consideration of the period 1917 – the beginnings of the 1940th years. The put problem reveals on an example of withdrawal of the church and monastic landed property at the end of the 1910th years, withdrawal of church values in 1921–1922 under the pretext of assistance starving, closings and a reshaping of temples and anti-bell campaign in the 1930th