Posted AT 4:33 AM EDT on 05/02/08
The bewitching lure of home-grown cults
NIKOLSKOYE, RUSSIA — To the people in this snowy Russian outpost, Piotr Kuznetsov was a pious Christian man who brought life to their dying village.From across Russia and beyond, Mr. Kuznetsov's spiritual followers flocked to Nikolskoye to worship in the movement he founded called the True Orthodox Church.
They grew their own food, prayed outside in meadows and socialized with the village's lonely old women.
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