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Wannabe Russian druids restore pagan idols (Englishrussia. com)

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Published 24 July, 2007, 08:18

Some Russian followers of paganism build copies of old pagan idols and gather to perform rituals. According to their point of view, they are trying to reconstruct the true religion of the Russian people that was destroyed by the Christian Church 1000 years ago when it converted the local population to Christianity.

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