concept
Bogomoltsy (wandering pilgrims)
pilgrims
also: богомольцы, богомолки
Itinerant men and women who traveled on foot between monasteries and shrines across Imperial Russia, often for months at a time, sheltering wherever they could -- here, huddled in the tavern from the autumn storm alongside the cabmen.
Reading notes
- The Dead Body §16 wandering pilgrim
Feodosy belongs to the class of "bogomoltsy" -- itinerant men and women who walked for months between monasteries and shrines across Imperial Russia, dependent on the charity and shelter of those they met on the road.
- In Autumn §2 pilgrims
Bogomoltsy: itinerant men and women who traveled on foot between monasteries and shrines, often for months at a time, a common sight sheltering in wayside taverns and inns across provincial Russia.