The Central anti-Religious Museum, opened in 1929 and located in the former famous Strastnoi Monastery, in the heart of Moscow, reveals an emphasis on two points: the alleged common origin of religions, illustrated by pictures and illustrations of various ancient myths and legends, and the identification of the Orthodox Church with the Tsarist system, driven home by exhibitions of manuscripts, figures about the wealth which churches and monasteries received from the imperial family and the nobility, etc.

An exclusively anti-Jewish section is opened in 1932, showing the “stupidities of Judaism.” Aiming to convey the dignity of the proletariat, the USSR officially adopts Socialist Realism.