The history of the Old Believers. Urushev D.

The book is devoted to the most vivid episodes and the main milestones of the history of the Old Believers. The story about this primordially Russian spiritual movement begins from the time of the appearance of Christianity in Rus' and comes to the present day. The reader gets acquainted with the living portraits of outstanding historical figures (Protopop Avvakum, the noblewoman Morozov, etc.), with bright stories about memorable events. The book is written easily, but not lightweight. Behind the simple narrative hides a lot of work of the historian in archives and libraries.

The publication will be interesting to the widest reader's audience, primarily for children, youth and people who first heard of the Old Believers. It can be used as a textbook in teaching the subject "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture".