The Brotherhood of Russian Truth (russian: Братство Русской Правды) was a Russian

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ary

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organization established in 1921 by

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and other former members of the White movement, including Prince Anatol von Lieven, to overthrow

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in Soviet Russia. The term "Russian Truth" is the word used to describe the Russian code of laws established by the mediaeval Rus' Grand Prince,

Yaroslav I the Wise Yaroslav the Wise or Yaroslav I Vladimirovich; russian: Ярослав Мудрый, ; uk, Ярослав Мудрий; non, Jarizleifr Valdamarsson; la, Iaroslaus Sapiens () was the Grand Prince of Kiev from 1019 until his death. He was al ...

. The political program of the Brotherhood was

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with a

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, Orthodox Christian sentiment. The main method of struggle for the Brotherhood was the establishment of an underground network of counter-revolutionaries within Soviet Russia. The Brotherhood sent agents to cross the Soviet border illegally, as did the

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and the NTS. Unfortunately for the Brotherhood, agents working for the Inner Line disrupted their activities, causing considerable casualties. The organization ceased its activity after its president Afinogen Argunov was killed in 1932 by a

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agent.

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