If the Old Faith book- manuscript tradition XIX- beginning OF THE XX of substances although not frequently, it nevertheless became the object of experiments, then the Old Faith book of Soviet time is still "white spot". Only several works N lately appeared into itself. N. Pokrovskiy, N. D. Ash and E. A. Ageyevoy, that raised a question about the need for its study.
In the first years of the Soviet regime, under the conditions of the severe pressure of state on the old believers, book- manuscript tradition continued because of the efforts of the most steadfast "adherents of old times". In 1920-40- e yr. the writer- Old-Believers created a number of the works of historical nature, which with the complete right can be named the "pearls" of Old Faith bookishness. Among the names of the authors of that time one should note o. Simeon (S. 4. Laptev, the teacher of chapel Dubcheskikh monasteries in Siberia), P. A. Mel'nova (pomorets from Zlatoust).

Peru o.Simeona belongs not less than nine independent works, among which, for example, curious eschatological composition is the "brief memorable record of present events, also, about the fate of ancient Rome". Like the best politicians THE XX century Simeon considered the First World War the catalyst of revolution, but in contrast to the views of Communists - with the negative sign. In the opinion of Simeon after revolution in the world distinctly appeared the common will and force, i.e., the signs of authority. Antichrist. Peter Alexandrovich mel'nov (son of well-known bibliophile, publisher of the gektografirovannykh books A. T. Mel'nova) in 1944 wrote the "history of staryya of the faith in Zlatoust and region" with the application to the "history of the salient persons, or the catalog". Continuing traditions P. O. Curious, Mel'nov it created gallery of 15 portraits of Zlatoust teachers -pomorqev. In this work strikes that ordinariness, with which the author describes the heavy years of the repressions: "... [ 19]30- m to year to it [ G. And. Sychev ] they put large tax, it sold house and was calculated. And even not vsplakal, since by nature it was strong and man of solid will... ","... when they shot in it [ A. T. Mel'nova ] of son it strongly cried, sentencing tsar David's words: "son my, To avessalome, To avessalome, my son". When they found it and buried, then only it were comforted... ";"... in 1918 in it [ A. P. Medvedev ] they arrested son and brought to shoot into the forest, and it from a distance followed them, and saw father, as they killed his son, and then buried it... "and the like.

The old believers of the composition of polemical nature created in those years. For example, comprised by anonymous author- runner in 1923 the immense collector "emerald", which according to the intention of writer had to with the entire obviousness reveal "nikonian, fellow believers, Austrians, beglopopovtsev, pomortsev, netovtsev, chapel, etc.".
The expeditionary work of the archeographers of Moscow, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg and others it is center it led to the fact that are now in the largest libraries of the country assembled tens of works of the Old Faith authors of the second-half OF THE XX century, which, are unfortunately known only to the small circle of specialists. Let us name some names of our contemporaries of the writer- old believers: N. F. Ivanov (Siberia, Amur), A. K. Kilin (Kuban), A. G. Murachev (Siberia, The Altai), Irodion Ural'skiy (Lower Tagil), I. A. Blaginin (Kurgan region), P. And. Sannikov (Chelyabinsk reg., Zlatoust), F. And. Anikin (Ekaterinburg), M. In. Necheukhin (Ekaterinburg), G. F. Loginov (Chelyabinsk obl.) and other.
It is amazing that these people not only the not received specialized formation, but often not had possibilities even to finish school, in view of natural talents are revealed as deep thinkers, philosophers, historians. Their works, although they bear the imprint of contemporary life, are created on the canons of literature Xvii-xix of substances. The spectrum of the interests of Old Faith writers is sufficiently wide: here and eschatological transactions, composition on the history of division and separate agreements, the polemical and moralizing works, the poetic opuies , etc.
Speaking about the continuation in the book- manuscript tradition of second-half THE XX century of the discussion about sensual or spiritual nature of antichrist, it should be noted that precisely Siberia was the place of the "generation" of theory about the spiritual understanding of the essence of antichrist ("on the spirit, but not on the letter"). The dispute between the supporters of one or other point or another of view lasts from the end THE XVII century and gave birth to numerous literary monuments. THE XX century did not become exception.

With 1950- X yr. are known the eschatological compositions of Afanasy grigor'evich Muracheva, which was been by the continuer of ideas o. Simeon. In 1970-80- X yr. the living in lower Tagile Old Faith writer, who signs his compositions by the name Of irodiona of Ural, created a number of the works, in which he criticized the Communist errors of humanity, predicted their fast oblivion. Touches on Irodion questions about the third world war (which, in his opinion, had to begin in 1991 ), about the general computerization, about the propagation of credit cards, about the plot of international bank , etc.
By opponent A. G. Muracheva and Irodiona came out Anany kleonovich Kilin, for a long time lived in the Urals, and now on the Kuban. In 1991-1996 Kilin wrote a number of the compositions, whose basic idea can be briefly expressed in the following quotation: "should be focused attention on the difference between the spiritual and sensual concept, since more often it is implied in many places of its writing how it establishes, but principle itself is clearly expressed. One of the deep reasons for the rejection of spiritual concept here and lies. Since they brought down pravednost' of interpretation to the level of simple ritual, but the realization of prophecies they do not think otherwise as in the terrestrial reign budushchago... They await as large defector, i.e., atheist, but they do not want to see, they do not see, they do not feel that the peace is complete and overfilled by retreat and atheism ".
For the substantiation of its ideas A. K. Kilin uses a wide circle of sources - from the books of the Scripture to the publications in the published in Oregon (USA) journal "way of rescuing". Old Faith writer skillfully manages different polemical genres - message, dialogue- conversation, philosophical- theological compositions , etc.
The works of old believers G are dedicated to the complex problems of eschatology. F. Loginova ("explanation about the times of life of people to the earth, and about the accession of antichrist", "account about the discovery of seven presses agnetsem", "account about the separation the church, united church of Old Faith pomortsev... and about the accession of antichrist in the church"), A. M. Kargapolova ("about the recent days of peace" "," questions and answers briefly"). The activity of these two teachers was fallen on 1970-80- e yr. besides the mentioned compositions A. M. Kargapolov left numerous works, written in the genre of lecture - "conversation about patriarch Abraham", "moralizing conversation about the behavior on the time of post", "about the behavior along the road into the molennyy house", "about behavior in molennoy" and other Peru G. F. Loginova belongs a number of compositions on the history of seacoast agreement in g. Kurgan from 1955 on 1970- e yr., "about the division church of the old believers of popovtsev". They wrote several critical reviews of the read atheistic literature: "refutation to the books Z. Kosidovskogo "legends of evangelists" and Voropayevoy k. L. "did live Christ?", "opinion to the book E. M. Yaroslavl "bible for the believers and the unbelievers".

From other historical work of the old believers of second-half THE XX century it is possible to isolate that comprised at the end the 1950- beginning 1960- X yr. by seacoast teacher of s. Tavatuy (Sverdlovsk of obl.) P. And. Sannikovym "brief history about the Christian faith", which covers period from the first years of Christianity to the First World War. M. A. Basalayev (filippovets from Pilyandysha, Kirov region), not only rewrote the "genealogy of filippovskogo agreement", but also created its "history" - the composition "about the faith within Shurminskikh limits".
In the second-half THE XX century increasingly more frequent Old Faith authors turn themselves to the poetic creation. Written in verse works M are known. In. Necheukhina ("my genealogical", "blagoveshcheniye", "verse to death Of dusi"), I. A. Blaginina, F. And. Anikina , etc.
Apocryphal tradition obtained new pulse. In 1950-1960- e yr. appeared t. n. the "urban apocryphas", popular not only in Old-Believers, but also in the adherents of the official church: the "letters Of adiny", "list from 12 diseases", the "standing of Zoya- girl in Kuybyshev in 1956 g." and the like.