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The Molokanye My Method of Investigation Alexandrof-Hai An Unexpected Theological Discussion Doctrines and Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Molokanye Moral Supervision and Mutual Assistance History of the Sect A False Prophet Utilitarian Christianity Classification of the Fantastic Sects The "Khlysti" Policy of the Government towards Sectarianism Two Kinds of Heresy Probable Future of the Heretical Sects Political Disaffection.
This account of the new doctrine was given to me by an intelligent Molokan, who had formerly been a peasant and was now a trader, as I sat one evening in his house in Novo-usensk, the chief town of the district in which Alexandrof-Hai is situated. It seemed to me that the author of this ingenious attempt to conciliate Christianity with extreme Utilitarianism must be an educated man in disguise.
Of these false prophets the most remarkable in recent times was a man who called himself Ivan Grigorief, a mysterious personage who had at one time a Turkish and at another an American passport, but who seemed in all other respects a genuine Russian. Some years previously to my visit he appeared at Alexandrof-Hai.
Several of the more intelligent peasants with whom I spoke advised me strongly to visit Alexandrof-Hai, a village situated on the borders of the Kirghiz Steppe. This prediction was fulfilled in a somewhat unexpected way.
Of the history of the sect my friends in Alexandrof-Hai could tell me very little, but I have obtained from other quarters some interesting information. The founder was a peasant of the province of Tambof called Uklein, who lived in the reign of Catherine II., and gained his living as an itinerant tailor.
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