Pitimim. Kostylev V.I.

At the heart of the plot of the novel by the famous writer-historian V.I. Kostyleva (1884-1950)-a description of the actual historical events that took place in the Nizhny Novgorod Territory at the beginning of the 18th century, in the era of Peter I, when a decisive breakdown of the patriarchal foundations of old Russia, the struggle of secular power and the official church against the schismatic movement began. In the center of the work is the image of the Nizhny Novgorod Bishop Pitirim, the faithful guide of the king’s policy.