Avvakum Petrov (Russian: Авваку́м Петро́в) (November 20, 1620 or 1621 – April 14, 1682), born in Grigorovo (in present-day Nizhny Novgorod), who led the opposition to Patriarch Nikon's reforms of the Russian Orthodox Church.
His autobiography and letters to the tsar and others still exist.
Avvakum rebelled against religious change and viewed them as corruption of the Russian Church.
Avvakum was often imprisoned and humiliated until finally being burned at the stake.
His autobiography and letters to the tsar and others still exist.
Avvakum rebelled against religious change and viewed them as corruption of the Russian Church.
Avvakum was often imprisoned and humiliated until finally being burned at the stake.
Avvakum Petrov (Russian: Авваку́м Петро́в) (November 20, 1620 or 1621 – April 14, 1682), born in Grigorovo (in present-day Nizhny Novgorod), who led the opposition to Patriarch Nikon's reforms of the Russian Orthodox Church.
His autobiography and letters to the tsar and others still exist.
Avvakum rebelled against religious change and viewed them as corruption of the Russian Church.
Avvakum was often imprisoned and humiliated until finally being burned at the stake.
His autobiography and letters to the tsar and others still exist.
Avvakum rebelled against religious change and viewed them as corruption of the Russian Church.
Avvakum was often imprisoned and humiliated until finally being burned at the stake.
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