The Soviet Union scientists came up with temporary solutions to the issues you listed above, however it had little effect on the Soviet peoples quality of life. There is no pill for suicide, drunkenness, wife and child abuse, drug use or rampant criminality due to the oppression of the human spirit.
The Creator created us to have a relationship with Him. He took this so seriously He became one of us so that we could relate perfectly with Him. God is not some nebulous idea outside of time. He experienced the joys and pains that is common to all of us, and showed us how to relate to one another as we endure. Science is about the relationship we experience with others as we explore together this awesome creation, not only the knowledge we obtain. The death rate is still 100%, and it continues to hover around three score and ten.
Science is entertaining and sometimes helpful.
Yours is a perfect example of why contaminating science education with supernatural explanations leads to less effective science.
Much of the Russian population has a specific genetic predisposition, very well documented, for alcholism.
It has nothing at all to do with communism, Russian Orthodox religion, oppression etc.