- Shelaputy by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... also Shaloputy), a Russian religious sect akin to the Khlysty ( see KHLYST).
- Pryguny by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... of elements borrowed from the Khlysty. While assailing the monarchy and the official church, the Pryguny preached the coming “millennial reign of Christ” on earth for the “saved” and perdition for the rest of mankind. Prayer meetings were conducted in an atmosphere of extreme emotional excitement and religious exaltation. This fervor induced hysteria and ...
- Raskolnik by Webster's
... intervals in living men; the Khlysty, who countenance anthropolatory, are ascetics, practice continual self-flagellation, and reject marriage; the Skoptsy, who practice castration; and a section of the Bezpopovtsy or priestless sect, which disbelieve in prayers for the Czar and in marriage. II. "Obnoxious:" the Bezpopovtsy, who pray for the Czar and recognize ...
- Rasputin, Grigorii Efimovich by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... 19th century he joined the khlysty (flagellants), a religious sect. Although he pretended to be a religious fanatic, he led a wild life that earned him the nickname Rasputin (“the dissolute”). Later, this became his surname. By 1902 he was famous as the Siberian “prophet” and “holy monk.” Welcomed in the homes of the upper aristocracy of St...
- Rasputin, Grigorii by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... 19th century he joined the khlysty (flagellants), a religious sect. Although he pretended to be a religious fanatic, he led a wild life that earned him the nickname Rasputin (“the dissolute”). Later, this became his surname. By 1902 he was famous as the Siberian “prophet” and “holy monk.” Welcomed in the homes of the upper aristocracy of St...