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Topic: Solovetsky Monastery Uprising
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Solovetsky Monastery Uprising

Years: 1668 - 1676

The Solovetsky Monastery Uprising, an uprising of Old Believer monks of the northern Solovetsky Monastery against the Tsar's policies, known as the Raskol, involves the siege of the Solovetsky Monastery by the Tsar's forces over the years from 1668 to 1676.

"Remember that the people you are following didn’t know the end of their own story. So they were going forward day by day, pushed and jostled by circumstances, doing the best they could, but walking in the dark, essentially."

—Hilary Mantel, AP interview (2009)