TIL that from 1929 to 1940, the Soviet Union introduced a 5-day week in a deliberate bid to eliminate religion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_calendar



Submitted February 04, 2015 at 10:32PM by Goodlake http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2urqz0/til_that_from_1929_to_1940_the_soviet_union/