Navi Society
Общество Нави
Typesecular
LanguageRussian
FounderIlya Lazarenko
Origin20 April 1996
Moscow
Separated fromRussian Orthodox church

The Navi Society [ru], also known as the Navi Church, Gnostic Church of the White Race, or the Sacred Church of the White Race, was a secularized Slavic Neopagan and neo-Nazi new religious movement located in Russia.

It was founded by former Komsomol activist Ilya Lazarenko [ru]

Background

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Followers of the Navi Church adhered to ___________.

Dress codes and religious rituals of the group closely resembled those of the American Ku Klux Klan, including the wearing of _______ and cross burnings

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A former Komsomol activist Ilya Lazarenko [ru] became one of the founders of the Union of Russian Youth. In 1992-1994 he was the head of the neo-Nazi youth movement called "Front of National Revolutionary Action" that evolved from the Union, and declared its allegiance to Orthodox Christianity. He published the newspapers Our March (1992-1993) and People's Construction (1993-1996). In March 1996, criminal proceedings were instituted against Lazarenko and he was the first person convicted of inciting ethnic hatred. While under investigation, Lazarenko broke with the Orthodox faith and, under the influence of the founder of esoteric Hitlerism, Miguel Serrano, founded the neo-Nazi Navi Society [ru] (also known as the "Holy Church of the White Race") in Moscow on Hitler's birthday in 1996. In October 1994 Lazarenko became the leader of the youth neo-Nazi National Front party. The Navi Society was based on the worship of two supposedly Slavic gods, Yav and Navi, and practiced dress uniforms and rituals similar to Ku Klux Klan. The doctrine of the "church" was a combination of the ideas of Slavic neo-paganism with Indo-Aryan and Zoroastrian beliefs. Lazarenko identified "white people" exclusively with Russians. The main attribute of the movement's supporters were armbands with swastikas; others included Novgorod crosses (identical to Celtic crosses) with inscribed swastika, runic inscriptions, a ram's skull and Siegfried's sword. One of its goals was the extermination of people characterized by physical deformity. In 2005 Lazarenko repented and returned to the Orthodox Church.[1][2][3][verification needed]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Шнирельман 2012.
  2. ^ Новые религиозные культы 1998.
  3. ^ Куликов 2000.

Literature

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  • Агурский М. С. Неонацистская опасность в Советском Союзе // Новый Журнал. — Нью-Йорк, 1975. — Кн. 118: 199—204.
  • Ксенофобия, национализм, фашизм: лики русского неонацизма. 2005.
  • Новые религиозные культы, движения и организации в России : словарь-справочник. 1998.Новые религиозные культы, движения и организации в России : словарь-справочник. 1998.
  • Современная религиозная жизнь России. Опыт систематического описания. 2006.Современная религиозная жизнь России. Опыт систематического описания. 2006.
  • Новые религиозные организации России деструктивного, оккультного и неоязыческого характера. 2000.
  • "Опыт сравнительного анализа текстов А. А. Добровольского и Г. Ф. Вирта (к вопросу об источниковой базе российских неоязычников)".
  • Шнирельман, Виктор (2012). Русское родноверие : неоязычество и национализм в современной России. ISBN 9785457733121.
  • Шнирельман, Виктор (2015). Арийский миф в современном мире. ISBN 9785444804223.
  • "Subcultures, pop music and politics: skinheads and «Nazi rock» in England and Germany". Oxford University Press. 2004.
External videos
  1. From Russia With Hate // Current TV.
  2. Hunted // Channel 4.
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