The Solovki monastery, created in the 15th century, became one of the centers of Church dissent (raskol), the Great Schism in the Russian Orthodox Church in 17th century. The author gives a general picture of the famous monastery insurrection, increasing more than twice the quantity of archival documents used. In this research are represented and analyzed preliminary events, causes and main phases of the revolt's development. Supplements: Sources on the history and ideology of the Solovki insurrection; list of people banished to Solovki; documents for reconstruction of the "Sil'vestr' Affair"; the Six Solovki Petitions; description of the 17th century text collections in Russian Libraries. Bibliographical references. Name index.
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