Alaska is the largest state in the United States. It is also one of the least populated. The state is home to 741,000 people. Among them are Native Alaskans, immigrants, adventure-seekers and oil industry workers from other parts of the country. The state is also home to a community known as the Russian Old Believers. They came to Alaska from Russia nearly 50 years ago. They built a village on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. The village is called Nikolaevsk. The Old Believers split from the Russian Orthodox Church in the 17th century. They separated to protest changes in the church imposed by the patriarch. The patriarch is the highest-ranking Bishop in the Russian Orthodox religion. Later, political changes in Russia forced many of them to flee the country.
Title: Russian Culture Still Alive in Rural Alaska
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2060/russia_n_alaska.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Russian Culture Still Alive in Rural Alaska' data-article-id='2578'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='5438'>Alaska is the largest state in the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='5438' data-end-time='9563'>It is also one of the least populated.</span> <span data-start-time='9563' data-end-time='15125'>The state is home to 741,000 people.</span> <span data-start-time='15125' data-end-time='26188'>Among them are Native Alaskans, immigrants, adventure-seekers and oil industry workers from other parts of the country.</span> <span data-start-time='26188' data-end-time='33417'>The state is also home to a community known as the Russian Old Believers.</span> <span data-start-time='33417' data-end-time='39667'>They came to Alaska from Russia nearly 50 years ago.</span> <span data-start-time='39667' data-end-time='44417'>They built a village on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula.</span> <span data-start-time='44417' data-end-time='47958'>The village is called Nikolaevsk.</span> <span data-start-time='47958' data-end-time='55625'>The Old Believers split from the Russian Orthodox Church in the 17th century.</span> <span data-start-time='55625' data-end-time='61938'>They separated to protest changes in the church imposed by the patriarch.</span> <span data-start-time='61938' data-end-time='67958'>The patriarch is the highest-ranking Bishop in the Russian Orthodox religion.</span> <span data-start-time='67958' data-end-time='74854'>Later, political changes in Russia forced many of them to flee the country.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2060/russia_in_alaska.png'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=9238 data-hint-location='47958' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2060/what_does_orthodox_mean.m4a'>What does orthodox mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='accepted as true'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2060/old_believers.m4a'><span>old believers</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2060/high_ranking.m4a'><span>high ranking</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2060/church_leadership.m4a'><span>church leadership</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2060/accepted_as_true.m4a'><span>accepted as true</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=9239 data-hint-location='39667' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2060/they_separated_to_protest__blank_.m4a'>They separated to protest <span class='blank'>changes in the church</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='changes in the church'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2060/the_oil_industry.m4a'><span>the oil industry</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2060/changes_in_the_church.m4a'><span>changes in the church</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2060/patriarch_ruler.m4a'><span>patriarch ruler</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2060/political_influence.m4a'><span>political influence</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button 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