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{{cleanup}} [[Image:Nikita Pustosviat. Dispute on the Confession of Faith.jpg|thumb|400px|''[[Old Believer]] Priest Nikita Pustosviat Disputing with [[Patriarch Joachim]] on Matters of Faith'' by [[Vasiliy Perov]], 1880-81.]]
'''Nikita Pustosviat''' ({{lang-ru|Никита Пустосвят}}, real name '''Nikita Konstantinovich Dobrynin''' (Никита Константинович Добрынин)) (?—[[June 11]], [[1683]]) was one of the leaders of the Russian [[Old Believers]] during [[Raskol]]. He was dubbed Pustosvyat (rus. "swearing in vain") by adherents of [[Nikon of Moscow|Patriarch Nikon]]. Nikita was a priest in [[Suzdal]] and participated in editing of church books under [[Joseph of Moscow|Patriarch Joseph]].
In 1659, Nikita arrived to [[Moscow]] and lodged a complaint about Stefan, Archbishop of Suzdal, accusing him of digression from [[Russian Orthodox Churchof Russia|Orthodoxy]]. When Stefan was acquitted, Nikita denounced him to [[Tsar]] [[Aleksey Aleksei Mikhailovich]]. In 1682, the [[Old Believer]]s Believers gained support among the ''[[streltsy]]'' (praetorian guard) and Pustosviat achieved a [[July 5]], [[1682]] church debate in the presence of the Tsar. The debate, however, ended in vain for him. The ''streltsy'' betrayed Nikita, who was subsequently executed.
==Further reading==
*{{ru icon}} "Великая челобитная" (Субботин, Н. И. ''Материалы для истории раскола за первое время его существования.'' М., 1878, IV т.)*{{ru icon}} Румянцев, И. ''Н. К. Добрынин («Пустосвят»)''. Сергиев Посад, 1916
==SourncSource== * [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Pustosviat Wikipedia Nikita Pustosviat]
