Russian Pagans Continue Ancient Traditions

This year many Russians are observing the 1,000th anniversary of the death of Vladimir the Great, the grand prince of ancient Kiev who adopted Christianity and converted his people and neighboring tribes whether they wanted to become Christians or not.

But not everyone is celebrating.

For those who still worship in the ways of their Pagan ancestors, this observance marks a different history, one in which their forbears left prosperous towns and fled to the woods to escape forced conversion to Christianity. But despite centuries of oppression that continued during the Soviet Union, some Russian Pagans living in remote settlements still hold fast to their beliefs.
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