The Crisis of Religious Toleration in Imperial Russia: Bibikov's System for the Old Believers, 1841-1855

by Thomas Marsden

This book is about an unprecedented attempt by the government of Russia's Tsar Nicholas I (1825-1855) to eradicate what was seen as one of the greatest threats to its political security: the religious dissent of the Old Believers. The Old Believers had long been reviled by the ruling Orthodox Church, for they were the largest group of Russian dissenters and claimed to be the guardians of true Orthodoxy; however, their industrious communities and strict...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198746369
• ISBN13: 9780198746362
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.6"