Kuzma Alekseyev (
Russian
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: Кузьма́ Алексе́ев), possibly his surname is Pilyandin, also known as ''Kuzya-the-God'' was a leader of
Teryukhan unrest in 1806-1810, proclaimed himself a prophet.
Kuzya-the-God lived in
Teryukhan Mordvin village of
Makrasha. Combining the Mordvin traditional beliefs with Christianity and conjuring tricks he managed to instill into his deity. He arranged secret devotions in
keremet (place of prayers) near
Maloye Seskino village. This resulted in Teryukhans' growing cool towards
Russian Orthodox Church
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. A troop was sent to arrest Kuzya-the-God. A court sentenced him to corporal punishment, marking and exile. In September 1810 he was birched in
Dalneye Konstantinovo village,
Teryushevskaya Volost. The same year he was exiled to
Irkutsk Governorate
Irkutsk Governorate (russian: Иркутская губерния) was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, located in Siberia. It existed from 1764 to 1926; its seat was in the city of Irkutsk
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, however there he continued his sectarianism activity.
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«отрывок из М.И.Пыляева ("Стародавние старчики, пустосвяты и юродивые".)»— литературное описание истории «мордовского бога Кузьки».
1764 births
19th-century deaths
People from Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
People from Nizhegorodsky Uyezd
Mordvin people
Russian rebels
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