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Some weeks ago the superstitious peasantry of the village of Zikliev endeavored to determine whether one M. Vchov and one Mme. Petrova had committed certain petty thefts by forcing them to undergo a "trial by ordeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Notes, Jan. 18, 1926 | 1/18/1926 | See Source »

Shortly afterwards all the citizens of Zikliev were arraigned before a Soviet judge, on charges of murder, and defended by priest Kosheliev: "We have done no sin! Jesus, the Lord Himself, chastised sinners in the Temple with a knout. I encouraged my flock to follow His example...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Notes, Jan. 18, 1926 | 1/18/1926 | See Source »

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