Great split: Daniil Mordovtsev

Daniil Lukich Mordovtsev (1830-1905) is the author of the many popular novels and stories in the twentieth century dedicated to the history of Russia and Ukraine. The Great split is an exciting narrative about the tragic events of the XVII century, one of the main reasons for which church reform was. The activities of Patriarch Nikon caused a split in the Russian Church and led to the emergence of the Old Believer currents, selflessly fighting for their ideas. The writer with pain and revelation tells about the hard life and terrible fate of the opponents of Nikon: Protopop Avvakum, the noblewoman Morozova, Princess Urusova and others. Mordovtsev and the spiritual throwing of the wayward and stubborn Nikon do not slip away from the gaze of the gaze. Before the reader, the life of the Russian people in that contradictory and cruel time unfolds in the whole variety of colors. The novel is inhabited by a large number of actors, but all of them – from Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, nicknamed the quietest, to nothing, seemingly not a remarkable black monk, not …

Author
Mordovtsev Daniil Lukich
Publisher
Ig Lenizdat, 2013
Series
Lenizza-classic
Genre
Classical domestic prose