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News Russia » Siberia » Religion: One of Russia's last 'Old Believers' still lives in Siberia

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/one-of-russia-s-last-old-believers-still-lives-in-siberia/ar-AA1UWQYY
Published on: Sunday 25 January 2026

Soviet geologists expected rocks, not a religion-fueled time warp, when they spotted a lone garden deep in Siberia in 1978. Writing for the Guardian, Sophie Pinkham revisits the Lykov family, ...

News Russia » Siberia » Religion: ‘Siberian Jesus’ sentenced to Russian prison after harming followers in bizarre cult

News channel or source: https://nypost.com/2025/07/01/world-news/siberian-jesus-sentenced-to-russian-prison-after-harming-followers-in-bizarre-cult/
Published on: Tuesday 01 July 2025

A Siberian cult leader who claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ was sentenced to 12 years in a Russian prison camp after his conviction for physically and financially harming his followers.

News Russia » Siberia » Religion: Jesus of Siberia: The traffic cop turned cult leader who claimed to be the son of god — and will now spend 12 years in jail

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-za/society-culture-and-history/religion-and-spirituality/jesus-of-siberia-the-traffic-cop-turned-cult-leader-who-claimed-to-be-the-son-of-god-and-will-now-spend-12-years-in-jail/ar-AA1I3k34
Published on: Saturday 05 July 2025

Jesus of Siberia: The traffic cop turned cult leader who claimed to be the son of god — and will now spend 12 years in jail - Alex Croft looks at how Sergei Torop, also known as Vissarion, ended up in ...

News Russia » Siberia » Religion: Shamanism : Soviet studies of traditional religion in Siberia and Central Asia / edited by Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer

News channel or source: https://www.si.edu/object/shamanism-soviet-studies-traditional-religion-siberia-and-central-asia-edited-marjorie-mandelstam:siris_sil_980730
Published on: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Introduction / Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer -- Chosen by the spirits / V.N. Basilov -- Shamanism among the Turkic peoples of Siberia / N.A. Alekseev -- Buryat shamanism : history, structure, and social ...