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Raskolnik
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English
Alternative forms
en Rascolnik
Etymology
Borrowed from en ru раско́льник schism-maker, schismatic, from ru раско́л schism.
Noun
s Raskolniki
en historical offensive Any of those who separated from the official Russian Orthodox Church after 1666 as a protest against church reforms introduced by Patriarch Nikon between 1652 and 1666.
See also
en Old Believer
en Old Ritualist
en Eastern Orthodoxy History of Russia