The article discusses that in modern Russia, religious revivalism has combined with nostalgia for the Soviet period in surprising ways. Topics include a poll carried out by the RBK television channel in 2015 in which just over 60 percent of respondents indicated that the thing they wished for most for their homeland was the "rebirth of the Soviet Union" and further proof of the continuing popularity of the Soviet era can be found in the strength of the modern-day Communist Party.