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- The Postniki (постники "fasters") were a millennial sect of 19th century Southern Russia, a branch of the Khlysty (flagellants) movement, founded by Abbakum...
- Rasputin "adopted the philosophy (if not proven membership)" of the Khlysts. Postniki were a sect that was born out of the Khlysts. They emphasized ascetism...
- doctrinal changes took place within the sect, and they became known as the Postniki ("Fasters"). The leaders of the sect were now seen as "personifications...
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- surname. It may refer to: People Abbakum Kopylov (1756–1838), founder of the postniki sect Alexander Kopylov (1854–1911), Russian composer and violinist Andrei...
- Russian Empire in the late 19th to early 20th century, a branch of the Postniki (fasters). The movement was the result of the schisms that split the "Old...
- by Perfil Katasonov, a disciple of Abbakum Kopylov, the founder of the Postniki (Fasters) sect, as the result of a schism. Its adherents considered themselves...