有些旧信徒教派的支持者参加了斯捷潘·拉辛在1670年至1671年叛乱,但这次起义不被视为一个旧信徒叛乱,而且斯捷潘·拉辛他自己有强烈反对教会的观点。旧信徒教派的支持者在1682年莫斯科起义(英语:Moscow Uprising of 1682)中发挥了重要作用。许多旧信徒教派成员往西部迁移,寻求波兰立陶宛联邦的宗教宽容政策庇护,允许他们自由地实践他们的信仰。
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Голубинский ЕЕ: История русской церкви, Москва, 1900 / Golubinskij EE: "History of the Russian Church", Moscow, 1900
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Каптерев Н.Ф.: Патриарх Никон и его противники в деле исправления церковныx обрядов, Москва, 1913 / Kapterv N.F.: "Patriarch Nikon and his opponents in the correction of church rituals", Moscow, 1913
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N.B.: All these works come from scholars and scientists, none of them Old Believers, except for Melnikov (an Old-Believer apologist) and Urushev (a religious historian).