Fear and Childhood Victimisation in Atheistic Discourse during the Khrushchev Era

This article aims to demonstrate the interpretative potential of anti-religious propaganda during Thaw period through lens emotional narrative. The author suggests considering use victimised image religious children as means for evoking public’s censure Khrushchev’s antireligious campaign. atheistic campaign was carried out mostly by discrediting believers, contrasting them with social norms and ideal Soviet citizen, a builder communism. Images child-martyrs are archetypical in Russian culture; they were often used stories about Young Pioneer heroes, well visual Great Patriotic War. According media, upbringings based on intimidation; result, sense fear affected child’s personality. key components have been reconstructed prism narratives pictures press, films, letters ideological books, handbooks. Sociological surveys people that stereotypes fearful quite effective. Studying taboo emotions makes it possible understand “emotional scope” more profound way, identify formation component” “the Other”. Geographically, research covers central Russia – region which given much attention media due historical legacy appealed concept Holy Rus’.