Shtundists

The Shtundists (, Shtundisty; , Shtundysty; British English: Stundists) are the predecessors of several Evangelical Protestant groups in Ukraine and across the former Soviet Union.

==History== The movement refers to evangelical groups that emerged among peasants in Ukraine when the country was part of the Russian Empire in the second half of the 19th century. The Shtundists were heavily influenced by German Baptists, Pietists and Mennonites that settled in the southern parts of the Russian Empire, and somewhat by indigenous Spiritual Christians. Their origin is associated with access to Bibles from the British and Foreign Bible Society.