The secret of Holy Rus’. The history of the Old Believers in events and faces: Dmitry Urushev

The book of the Moscow writer Dmitry Alexandrovich Urushev is dedicated to the Old Believers. The history of this primordial Russian spiritual movement from the tragic split of the mid -17th century to the present day appears in the portraits of his outstanding figures (Protopop Avvakum, the noblewoman Morozov, etc.), in the stories about memorable events. The book is written on rich actual material, which does not deprive it of the ease of style and simplicity of presentation. It will be interesting to the widest reader audience and not only trained specialists, but also people who first heard of the Old Believers. Urushev’s book can be used as a textbook in teaching the subject “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture”.

Author
Urushev Dmitry Alexandrovich
Editor
Skorokhod A.A.
Publisher
Veche, 2013
Series
From Rus’ to the empire

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