ðɛɹ pɹˈaɪmɚɹi fˈoʊkəs wʌz tə tʃˈeɪndʒ ɹˈʌʃən səsˈaɪəɾi baɪ ðə hˈʌmblɪŋ ʌvðə sˈɛlf ænd sˈoʊʃəl ɹᵻfˈɔːɹm θɹuː ðə ɹˈʌʃən ˈɔːɹθədˌɑːks tʃˈɜːtʃ, ɹˈæðɚ ðɐn ðə ɹˈædɪkəl ˌɪmplɪməntˈeɪʃənz ʌvðɪ ɪntˌɛlɪdʒˈɛntsiə.
Their primary focus was to change Russian society by the humbling of the self and social reform through the Russian Orthodox Church, rather than the radical implementations of the intelligentsia.