Authorities were called to the camp in the hills near the town of
The stench from the decomposing bodies forced the remaining nine members of the group from the underground structure where they had lived since November.
Cult leader Pyotr Kuznetsov, known to followers as Father Pyotr, was not among those living in the cave. Kuznetsov called himself a prophet and formed the True Russian Orthodox Church several years ago.
Followers had been told the end of the world would come in May.
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