ABRAMOV, NIKOLAJ ALEKSEEVIC. - Born in Kourgan (Tobolsk) in 1812, died in Semipalatinsk in 1870. A scholar of the history of Christianity in Siberia, he authored many works published in Russian journals between 1851 and 1869: *History of the Propagation of Christianity in Siberia from 1581 to the 19th Century*; *Preaching of*
ABRAXAS - A Gnostic gem of talismanic value depicting on the obverse the entity A. with the head of a rooster (a solar animal) and the body of a serpent (= earth); holding in its hands a whip against evil spirits and a shield to protect the wearer of the gem. On the reverse are the names of