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The Russian Religion (Russian: Русская Религия), also termed Russian Vedism (Русский Ведизм), is one of the earliest doctrines of Rodnovery (Slavic Neopaganism) in Russia,[1] founded in 1992 in Saint Petersburg by the psychologist and esoteric scientist Viktor Mikhaylovich Kandyba — revered as "Prophet Kandyba" within the movement — and his son Dimitry Viktorovich Kandyba.[2] It is a monotheism based on Slavic heritage, and as such it has been compared to Ukrainian Sylenkoism.[3] The concept of "Russian" in the name "Russian Religion" does not identify an ethnic identity, but a spiritual one, being used as a synonym of the concept of "Aryan".[4]
- ^ Gaidukov 2000, p. 52; Aitamurto 2016, p. 47; Popov 2016, ch. 5.5.3.
- ^ Sheiko & Brown 2014, pp. 92–93; Popov 2016, ch. 5.5.3; Shnirelman 2017, p. 99.
- ^ Shnirelman 2002, pp. 207–208.
- ^ Shnirelman 2017, pp. 99–100.