AtDtDA23: Stranniki

[Ya Sam]

>"podpol'niki, underground men"
>
>They are pod pole,

Should be 'pod polom'

Also see (my translation):

Podpol'niki - a sect which appeared in the village Sinyen'kie of Saratov 
uyezd (district). Its followers call themselves 'hididing Christians'; they 
do not recognise the Orthodox church with its teachings and rituals, but 
only the pre-Nikon church. Podpol'niki do not stay at their homes, but run 
away without passports to strannopriimtsy (hospitable hosts) who share some 
of their views. These hosts have under-floor cellars (podpolya, pl. from 
podpolye) with secret entrances and exits where they allocate the fleeing 
Christians. Podpol'niki lead a most severe anchoretic life, do not recognise 
matrimony and co-habitation with women in general, however they do not 
mutilate themselves like skoptsy do. Podpol'niki bury their dead at night in 
secret places; hence the rumours that they drop the deceased into the river 
Volga.

http://www.tuymin.ru/text/108.htm

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