This paper explains that legal and social
discrimination against Christianity and individual Christians was the norm at all
levels of society in Russia from 1945-1988. The
activity of the KGB and government agents was a key factor during this time and this encapsules their view. The writer looks at the
discrimination felt against both Orhtodox and Baptist groups and how the church that did not want to controlled by the state went underground and developed many clandestine activities including publishing activity that alerted the west as to events.