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Russian Orthodox theologian and archbishop of Pskov, who by his administration, oratory, and writings collaborated with Tsar Peter I the Great (1672–1725) in westernizing Russian culture and centralizing its political structure. He also directed the reformation of the Russian Orthodox church in accordance with a Lutheran model and effected a political integration of church and state that was to last two centuries.

After an Orthodox education, Prokopovich, through the Latinizing influence of the Poles in Kiev, became a Roman Catholic and in 1698 entered ... (100 of 519 words)

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