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Apocalypse Nyet
Author: Mark Nuckols
Russian Life: Nov/Dec 2010
Department: History
Page: 54 ( 6) pages
Summary: Russian church officials were so sure that the year 7000, counting from the purported beginning of time (1492 in modern calendar time), would herald in the Apocalypse, that they did not bother making Easter calendars beyond that year.
This article appeared in the Nov/Dec 2010 issue of Russian Life. The text of this article is not available online.
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