The Perception in the Religious Space: The Assessment of the Impact of Western Reformation Ideas to Religious Movements of Russian-Ukrainian Steppe Borderlands in XVIII - The Early XIX Centuries

The present paper demonstrates that the popular “Quaker” theory (Noviztkiy, 1882) of the origin of the Dukhobors among Russian-Ukrainian Christian population under the influence of Western Reformation ideas in the end of XVIII century is illegitimate. That was proved by comparative analysis based on historical facts and historical geography data.