About New Israel
New Israel (ÃÂþòыù Ø÷рðøûь) was one of the Sektanstvo (sectarian) new religious movements that grew and expanded in the Russian Empire in the late 19th to early 20th century, a branch of the Postniki (fasters). The movement was the result of the schisms that split the "Old Israel" (Staroizrail) sect after the death of Perfil Katasonov. Its founder was a peasant named Mokshin, but it rose to notability only under Mokshin's successor, Vasiliy Semionovitch Lubkov (Ã’ðÑÂøûøù áõüõýþòøч Ûуñúþò, born December 24, 1869).
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