Modern paganism
Religions shaped by historical paganism
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| 2025 | Wardruna is set to release the album 'Birna'. |
| 2024 | Wardruna launched their 2024/2025 world tour at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, US. |
| September 2024 | The band announced their upcoming sixth studio album 'Birna', scheduled for release on 25 January 2025. |
| 2022 | Wardruna released a live album 'Kvitravn – First Flight of the White Raven', documenting their live performance. |
| 2022 | The band returned to touring after COVID-19 cancellations, performing European and North American shows and at Midgardsblot. |
| January 2021 | Wardruna released their fifth studio album 'Kvitravn'. |
| 2020 | Waxwork Records released the soundtrack and score from the first season on a triple LP vinyl format. |
| 2020 |
Burkhanism
Grigory Gurkin passed away, concluding his life's work as a prominent Burkhanist landscape artist and political leader in the Karakorum-Altaian region.
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| December 2020 |
Union of Slavic Forces of Russia
A court in Ulyanovsk gave a 62-year-old local resident a five-year suspended sentence for participating in the activities of the Union of Slavic Forces of Russia from September 2019 to February 2020.
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| November 2020 |
Union of Slavic Forces of Russia
The Volgograd Central District Court arrested two movement participants for organizing the activities of an extremist organization.
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| November 27 2020 |
Union of Slavic Forces of Russia
The Zelenograd court sentenced Taraskin to house arrest until December 25.
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| September 2020 |
Union of Slavic Forces of Russia
Police, National Guard, and Centre E in Krasnodar prevented an assassination attempt on the head of the Kuban branch of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia by the 'Supreme Court of the USSR'. Group leader Marina Melikhova-Meshcheryakova was in custody and charged with extremist activity.
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| August 16 2020 | Adam Taylor's scoring for season 1 was released on compact disc by La-La Land Records and simultaneously on digital download by WaterTower Music. |
| June 2020 |
Union of Slavic Forces of Russia
A criminal case was opened in Kirov Oblast against three residents for organizing activities of the banned Union of Slavic Forces of Russia, including holding meetings and selling 'USSR citizenship' inserts.
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| May 2020 |
Union of Slavic Forces of Russia
A fraud case was opened in North Ossetia against a group calling themselves the 'Supreme Soviet of the Ossetian ASSR' for selling 'USSR passports' with false promises of tax and utility bill exemptions.
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| January 24 2020 | Soundtrack from the first part of the second season was released digitally. |
| January 1 2020 | Soundtrack for the last part of the series was released digitally. |
| 2019 |
Union of Slavic Forces of Russia
The Supreme Court of the Komi Republic officially identified the Union of Slavic Forces of Russia as an extremist organization.
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| October 2019 | Wardruna signed to Sony Music/Columbia Records. |
| September 2019 |
Union of Slavic Forces of Russia
Alexander Tyurnin, who called himself the head of the 'security service' of the regional 'USSR' organization in Komi, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for extremist activities.
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| April 2019 |
Union of Slavic Forces of Russia
Andrey Zlokazov was found insane by the Ordzhonikidze District Court in Yekaterinburg and committed to a psychiatric hospital.
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| April 5 2019 | WaterTower Music released a digital compilation of songs from the first season, including six cast performances (four from the previous EP and two new songs). |
| March 15 2019 | WaterTower Music released a digital EP featuring four songs performed by cast members from the first part of the first season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. |
| 2018 | Wardruna embarked on their first North American tour. |
| 2018 |
Union of Slavic Forces of Russia
A 'Supreme Soviet of the USSR' group was formed, headed by Valentina Reunova, who declared another leader (Taraskin) a usurper.
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| 2018 |
Union of Slavic Forces of Russia
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) estimated approximately 150,000 followers of the Union of Slavic Forces of Russia movement.
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| 2018 | Pew Research Center estimated at least 1.5 million Wiccans in the United States. |
| November 23 2018 | The band released their fourth album, the acoustic 'Skald'. |
| July 2018 |
Union of Slavic Forces of Russia
Taraskin and associate Alexander Solovyov were detained by FSB military counterintelligence and Zelenograd center for countering extremism. Their apartment was searched, and audio, video materials, documents, stamps, and printing products were seized.
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| January 2018 |
Union of Slavic Forces of Russia
FSB Directorate for the Central Military District opened a criminal case against Andrey Zlokazov for incitement to extremist activity.
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| 2017 |
Modern paganism and LGBTQ people
The Seattle Temple initiated a reformation within the Fellowship of the Phoenix to expand the tradition's scope, making it open to all queer/LGBTQIA+ adults, which was subsequently accepted by the entire group.
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| August 2017 | Wardruna headlined the 20th Mėnuo Juodaragis alternative and folk music festival in Lithuania. |
| April 2017 |
Union of Slavic Forces of Russia
Ten Nizhny Tagil residents petitioned the court to be recognized as citizens of the USSR and filed claims against the city's Ministry of Internal Affairs for refusing to return their Soviet passports.
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| 2016 |
Burkhanism
Founding of the Sacral Altai public ecological organization, a group related to Burkhanism.
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| October 21 2016 | Wardruna released their third album 'Runaljod – Ragnarok', which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's World Albums chart. |
| March 2016 |
Union of Slavic Forces of Russia
Prosecutors charged Torgunakov with loan exceeding 1 million rubles from Alfa-Bank.
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| February 2016 |
Union of Slavic Forces of Russia
Andrey Zlokazov sent letters to military unit commanders calling for 'self-defense squads' and threatening to 'eliminate them as enemies of the USSR' if they refused. He also made and sold 'USSR passports' and license plates.
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| February 2016 |
Union of Slavic Forces of Russia
Torgunakov was discharged from the psychiatric hospital and sought to challenge his diagnosis in court.
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| 2015 | Gaahl left Wardruna on amicable terms. |
| 2015 |
Modern paganism and LGBTQ people
Pew Research Center conducted a survey finding that 11% of lesbian, gay, and bisexual respondents identified with non-Christian faiths, nearly double the LGBTQ prevalence in the general population.
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| 2015 |
Modern paganism and LGBTQ people
A survey reveals that more heathens subscribe to universalist ideas than ethnicity-based ideologies, indicating a potential shift in traditional heathen perspectives.
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| November 23 2015 |
Union of Slavic Forces of Russia
Torgunakov went to the Novosibirsk police with Olga Selyutina to convey 'the last orders of the authorities of the RSFSR' and was committed to a psychiatric hospital with a diagnosis of paranoia.
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| January 2015 |
Union of Slavic Forces of Russia
Torgunakov struggled to find accommodation in Moscow, eventually securing a room at the Izmailovo Hotel in exchange for labor due to having no income.
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| 2014 | Einar Selvik announced Wardruna's involvement in composing the score for season 2 of Vikings. Selvik also appeared as an actor on the show. |
| 2014 |
Modern paganism and LGBTQ people
James R. Lewis and Inga Bårdsen Tøllefsen published a follow-up analysis of the 'Pagan Census Revisited', examining orientation prevalence differences between genders across multiple countries.
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| 2014 | Pew Research Center estimates 0.3% of the US population (approximately 950,000 people) identifies as Wiccan or pagan, based on a sample size of 35,000. |
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