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My Russian text book made a specific point of saying that the word "бог" should not be capitalized in Russian. (It's not explaining the reason, but I would guess that this is a post-1917 "spelling rule", or what do you think?
Yes, you are right. In modern Russian it works like in English. If you are Christian and writing about Jesus oh Jehovah you should capitalize the word Бог. And if you are mentioning some pagan god you should not.