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A fight breaks out and shots are fired. The Night Wolves attempt to ride to Berlin, Germany to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the allied forces victory over the Nazi forces.

My friend and I asked if we could get a photo with him, and Strogov agreed. We stood in front of a sweeping mural of a Russian warrior charging forward on his steed, with wolves dogging his path.

The shadow cast by the horse, when I looked more closely, was actually that of a wolf. Peresvet, who seems to serve as a sort of informal patron saint for the Wolves, is recorded by many sources as having met the Tatar champion Temir-murza of the Golden Horde in single combat on September 8, , at the opening of the Battle of Kulikovo.

As was tradition, each side selected a champion before the battle began, and the Russians chose Peresvet.

They have also appointed themselves the protectors of Russian history and culture, seeking lost icons in Orthodox churches outside Russia and hunting down the lost graves of soldiers who died fighting the fascists.

Their religious beliefs are firmly and deeply rooted in Russian soil, and the relationship between the two is nearly impossible to disentangle.

It is a potent combination, and their notoriety is well-earned. But perhaps the mural of Peresvet is the key to the puzzle—or at least to understanding how the Night Wolves view themselves.

As tensions between Russia and the West rise and the Night Wolves rally thousands to make Russia great again, it is more impossible than ever to predict how the next stage in Russian history will play out.

What seems likely, however, is that the Wolves, a complex and complicated Russian Orthodox biker gang, will be front and center. Jonathon Van Maren is a public speaker, writer, and pro-life activist.

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Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. In the very beginning the Night Wolves were often in conflict with other biking clubs.

Yevgeny Vorobyev, the leader of the Three Roads, accused them of becoming too politicised. The representative of the Hells Angels in Russia told the Moscow Times , "We call each other brothers and avoid being linked to any religious and political organizations, as these are things that divide people.

To express my political views, I vote. For him, the affair of the Night Wolves shows the increasing hypocrisy of the West. Mark Galeotti, writing in The Moscow Times , described the Night Wolves as "a case study in the Kremlin's strategy of adopting and taming potentially hostile groups and using them precisely as tools of control—counter-counterculture, as it were.

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