Popovtsy

Popovtsy

The Popovtsy, or Popovschina (Поповцы, Поповщина in Russian; this name could be translated as "priested ones"), were one of the two principal movements (along with the Bezpopovtsy) of the Old Believers, which was formed by the end of the 17th century in Russia.

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