New Israel
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New Israel is a religion that separated itself from a religions sect Old Israel which is type of Christianity in the beginning of the 20th century. It differs from mainstream Christianity in a number of ways.
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[edit] Religious views
The New Israel religion believes that there is only one living true God. The sect rejects the typical view of Mystery of God, and therefore rejects most of traditional practices, while keeping only some. Therefore the consumption of any type of food including meat is acceptable. Church marriages are replaced with civil marriages. The civil marriage allows the selection of a partner "духовницу" (duhovnitsa) by will of God or a leader (prophet), in this case the family ties are not considered.
[edit] Leadership
The most famous leader of this religion was "Василий Семенович Лубков" Vasiliy Semionovitch Lubkov who declared himself a living god and the Tsar of the 21st century, while declaring all of his competitors for this position as liars.
[edit] History
In 1891 Lubkov who was 22 at the time declared himself the living god and took control over the New Israel.
In 1905 under the leadership of Lubkov the church moved its center of operations to Rostov-on-Don. The church later spread its influence over the south of Russia.
In 1911 Lubkov visited United States to seek refuge for his followers, however he did not find the country suitable for his followers. At the same time he bet with an Uruguay consulate Hose Richlingom.
In 1912 two representatives of the Uruguay president Jose Batlle y Ordoñez visited the Caucasus to look at the potential immigrants. They so highly appreciated the workmaship and skill that on July 1913 two ships "18 de Julio" and "Taongarupa" brought 300 families to the coast of the river Uruguay 164 killometers from Montevideo.
From 1913 to 1914 about 2000 followers under the leadership of Lubkov immigrated to Uruguay and established a farming town San Javier, Uruguay.
In Uruguay Lubkov set up his very restrictive rules. He confiscated all the possessions of his followers and turned them into essentially one family. If anyone went against him he was told "За околицу!" (Za okolitsu), which meant that he was supposed to get his personal belongings and leave the town. The problem was that none of the immigrants, except for Lubkov, knew the local language or socialized with the local people, and therefore there was a strong dependence on Lubkov.
During the World War II the New Israel immigrants were sending aid in the form of sweaters trough Red Cross back to the Soviet Union.
In the end of 1920s Lubkov gathered a few more loyal families and moved to the Soviet Union, to a city called Manich. Some other families later followed and settled north of Kavkaz.
In 1972 Uruguay government repressed the town by destroying the local library named after Maksim Gorkiy and burning all the books both in the library and in all the houses. They also arrested many of the graduates from Russian Universities. These repressions however did not impact the Uruguay-Moscow relationships, as seen from the fact that Moscow in 1979 put 14 turbins of 135000 kwatt each onto the Salto-Grande Power Plant.
Some of the family names are: Смирнов (Smirnov), Лушкин (Lushkin), Куценко (Kutcenko), Пилипчук (Piliptchuk), Пучкарёв (Puchkarev).
[edit] Influence on other religions
New Israel gave rise to two new religious sects called "Новый союз духовного Израиля" (Noviy soyuz duhovnovo Israilia) and "Новохристианский союз" (Novohristianskiy soyuz).
[edit] External links
Petrov, Sergey. "New Israel: Transformation of a Branch of Russian Religious Dissent". http://www.doukhobor.org/New-Israel.htm
