Gurev, G. A. Copernican Heresy in the Past and Present (Kopernikovskaya eres' v proshlom i nastoyashchem), 1933. In Russian

Гурев, Г. А. Коперниковская ересь в прошлом и настоящем. Из истории взаимоотношений науки и религии.
Художник: Д. Бажанов
Москва: Государственное антирелигиозное издательство, 1933
140 с., илл. Твердый переплет, обычный формат
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Gurev, G. A. Kopernikovskaya eres' v proshlom i nastoyashchem. Iz istorii vzaimootnosheniy nauki i religii. [Copernican Heresy in the Past and Present. From the History of the Relationship Between Science and Religion].
Second, significantly expanded edition.
Artist: D. Bazhanov.
Moscow: State Anti-Religious Publishing House (Gosudarstvennoe antireligioznoe izdatel'stvo), 1933.
140 p., ill. Hardcover, standard format.

This 1933 second, expanded edition of Grigory Abramovich Gurev's work is a classic example of militant atheist propaganda from the peak of the Soviet anti-religious campaign. Published by the specialized State Anti-Religious Publishing House, the book uses the historical conflict surrounding Nicolaus Copernicus's heliocentric theory as a central case study to argue for an inherent and ongoing struggle between "progressive" science and "reactionary" religion. Gurev, a committed Soviet philosopher and atheist activist, frames the Copernican revolution not just as a scientific breakthrough but as a pivotal ideological battleground. The publication, illustrated by artist D. Bazhanov, served as an educational and agitational tool, aiming to discredit religious worldviews and promote a materialist understanding of the universe in line with state ideology.