The Skoptsy were a secret sect of Christianity in imperial Russia.
The Skoptsy are best known for practicing castration of men and
removal of women's breasts in accordance with their teachings against
sexual lust. The movement originated as an offshoot of the sect known
as the "People of God" and was first noted in the late eighteenth
century. The Skoptsy were persecuted by the imperial government and
later by the Soviet Union, but enjoyed substantial growth before
fading into obscurity by the mid-twentieth century.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skoptsy>Link (via
<http://twitter.com/lfodemon/statuses/815721905>lfodemon)
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