Russia's Lost Reformation: Peasants, Millennialism, and Radical Sects in Southern Russia and Ukraine, 1830-1917 (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)
Extremely well-written work that contributes to a neglected aspect of Russian religious history. Zhuk displays a clear mastery of the material and presents the details of the reformation without losing the thread fo the narrative.(Lee TrepanierReligion and Politics Newsletter)A valuable book on radical Protestantism in rural Russia and Ukraine... provocatively shows how Christian radicalism prepared the peasantry to accept and approve the revolution.(Choice)A vivid study of Protestant sectarianism in the multiethnic regions of southern Russia and Ukraine.(American Historical Review)This is a study that not only makes a very important contribution to Russian religious, cultural, and social history, but will stimulate controversy about Russia's place in world history.(Glennys Young, University of Washington)Stimulating study... For anyone interested in gaining a sense of the religious ferment in Ukraine where Mennonites were centered and Mennonite Brethren had their beginning.(Harold JantzMennonite Brethren Herald)A very valuable contribution to Russian and especially Ukrainian religious history.(Michael RoweJournal of Ecclesiastical History)This study will help to open the way for further research and cooperation between Russian, Ukrainian and Mennonite scholars.(James UrryMennonite Quarterly Review)Zhuk displays a clear understanding of the ethos of peasant life as he explores the ethnic and demographic situation.(Canadian Slavonic Papers)Zhuk offers a bold vision of religious movements that grew out of and never strayed very far from the dominant Orthodox creed.(Revolutionary Russia)Through exhaustive archival research and wonderfully chosen photographs, Zhuk has succeed in bringing back to life forgotten sectarians and their complicated relation with Orthodox Christianity.(Nadieszda KizenkoJournal of Modern History)Adds to the growing body of work that shows how large, variegated, and peculiar these people were.(Alexander EtkindChurch History)Readers will find Zhuk's interpretation of south Russian or Ukrainian peasant culture to be worth consideration and his careful description of popular beliefs and religious syncretism of compelling interest.(Journal of Interdisciplinary History)A thickly detailed study of religious radicalism in the southern Russian Empire from 1830 to 1914.(Brian P. BennettHistory of Religions)