Moses+The+Raven

=//Moses The Raven//=



=Moses' Parallels in the Beginning:=
 * Moses = Russian Orthodox Church.
 * Sugarcandy Mountain = Heaven/ religious rewards
 * Relationship with the Joneses = a relationship with the Tsars

After Animalism Starts:
Moses represents the Russian Orthodaox Church and its' relationship with Stalins regime. Moses is given beer by the pigs to stay after he returns years later spreading the stories of Sugarcandy Mountain once more. This paints the picture of how Stalin saw a need for the church to keep people under control and eventually withdrew his proclomations against religion.

[This picture shows Moses on top of Napoleon's shoulder]



The Church in reality:

 * By 1918 the Soviet government had nationalized all church property and in the first five years (1922-1926) 28 bishops and 1,200 priests were exectuted and many others were prosecuted.
 * The majority of semenaries were closed and they banned the publication of religious material.
 * By the ende of the Soviet Union only 500 of the 54,000 perishes had survived.
 * By 1939 the Soviet government relaxed their restrictions on religion and the church for the most part cooperated.
 * In 1941 when Germany tried to invade the Soviet Union, they soliceted the church for help in rallying the people.
 * By 1942 the government started policies to recall many of the bans on religion and religious material.
 * But, during the Khrushchev regime(1953-1964) the government reversed these policies and reenstated the bans in a violent 6 year campaign.
 * Finally, in the mid 1980's, the grip of communism started to weaken and the church started to gain strength once again.

Glenn E. Curtis, ed. //Russia: A Country Study//. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1996.

"Moses (a raven)" //Shmoop Beta//. 2010. web. 12/15/10