Family Names in British Columbia Doukhobor Settlements, 1930s-1950s

by Mike W. Popoff with Jonathan J. Kalmakoff

In 2001-2002, Mike W. Popoff of Castlegar, under the auspices of the Doukhobor Place Names Project, conducted extensive fieldwork, interviews to collect information about the family composition of Doukhobor settlements in British Columbia. One of the many results of this groundbreaking oral history project was a listing of families who lived in the former CCUB, surrounding settlements in the Grand Forks, Castlegar and Slocan Valley areas of British Columbia, from the Late Thirties to the Early Fifties. Now available online, this unique historical information, not available in official documents, is a tremendous resource for genealogical, historical research. Maps by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff. Photos courtesy the Doukhobor Discovery Centre.

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Grand Forks & Area

(i) Spencer (Ubezhishche) District
 

Danshin Village
(double dom) Astofooroff, Danshin, Negreiff, Popoff, Zebaroff.

Hlookoff Village
(single dom) Bonderoff, Hlookoff, Kazakoff, Plotnikoff, Semenoff.

Horkoff Village
(single family residences) Babakaeff, Horkoff.

Kalmakoff Village
(single family residences) Davidoff, Hlookoff, Kalmakoff, Negreoff.

Ozeroff Village
(double dom) Demoskoff, Faminoff, Makortoff, Negreoff, Ozeroff.

Zibin Village (Holandia)
(single dom) Cheveldave, Dubaseff, Kazakoff, Semenoff, Verigin, Zibin.
 

(ii) Outlook (Khristovoye) District
 

Barisenkoff Village (Galeyevka)
(double dom) Barisenkoff, Gritchen, Kootnikoff, Lazaroff, Makortoff, Markin, Pereversoff.

Grisha Makortoff Village
(single family residence) Makortoff.

Koochin Village
(single family residences) Arishenkoff, Koochin, Parakhin, Stoochnoff, Vishloff.

Kurnoff Village (Priplodovka)
(single dom) Barisoff, Kurnoff, Zeboroff.

London
(single family residences) Elasoff, Nevokshonoff, Semenoff, Tarasoff.

Makortoff Village
(single dom) Makortoff, Zarchikoff, Zibin.

Popoff Village
(single dom) Moojelsky, Popoff.

Semenoff Village
(dom) Demenoff, Semenoff, Zeboreff.

Vanjoff Village (Pomoilovka)
(single dom) Makortoff, Plotnikoff, Polonicoff, Vanjoff, Varabeoff, Wishloff.

Zhikareff Village
(single family residence) Negreoff.

(iii) Fruktova / Sion
 

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Arishenkoff Village
(single dom) Arishenkoff, Khaladinin, Strukoff.

Astafooroff Village
(single family residence) Astafooroff.

Barisoff Village
(single dom) Barisoff, Horkoff, Planidin.

Gritchin Village (Yaponovka)
(double dom) Castrukoff, Evdokimoff, Gritchin, Hlookoff, Popoff.

Hremakin Village
(single dom) Astafooroff, Fedosoff, Hremakin, Plotnikoff.

Lapshinoff Village
(single family residence) Lapshinoff.

Novokshonoff Village (Flour Mill)
(single family residences) Astofooroff, Novokshonoff, Kazakoff, Kootnikoff.

Popoff Village
(single dom) Chernoff, Podmaroff, Popoff.

Sirotskoye
(single family residences) Koochin, Rezansoff, Savinkoff, Verigin.

Strukoff Village (Kulikovka)
(double dom) Horkoff, Lazaroff, Perepolkin, Planidin, Plotnikoff, Strukoff.

Stushnoff Village
(single dom) Barisoff, Hlookoff, Legebokoff, Malloff, Reibin, Stushnoff.

In addition to the above, there were other Doukhobor families who lived individually in the West
Grand Forks area.
 

(iv) North Grand Forks District

Bozhiya Dolina (Caesar)
(dom) Makortoff, Plotnikoff, Rezansoff.

(v) South Grand Forks District

Almond Gardens
(single family residences) Abietkoff, Androsoff, Chernoff, Davidoff, Detchkoff, Dowedoff, Esavooloff, Faminoff, Gemaeff, Gleboff, Gretchen, Kabatoff, Kalmikoff, Kastrukoff, Kazakoff, Laktin, Makortoff, Ogloff, Pereversoff, Popoff, Relkoff, Semenoff, Sheloff, Sherstobitoff, Soloveoff, Soobotin, Zarubin.

Nursury (Norsan)
(single family residences) in Arishenkoff, Chernoff, Fofonoff, Lazaroff, Popoff, Swetlishoff.
other.

South Grand Forks
(single family residences) Abietkoff, Androsoff, Chernoff, Davidoff, Detchkoff, Dowedoff, Esavooloff, Faminoff, Gemaeff, Gleboff, Gretchen, Kabatoff, Kalmakoff, Kastrukoff, Kazakoff, Laktin, Makortoff, Ogloff, Pereversoff, Popoff, Relkoff, Semenoff, Sheloff, Sherstobitoff, Soloveoff, Soobotin, Zarubin.
 

(vi) Grand Forks

(single family residences) Abrosimoff, Anutooshkin, Arishenkoff, Babakaiff, Barisoff, Chernoff, Cheveldave, Chursinoff, Davidoff, Demosky, Dergousoff, Dutoff, Esakin, Evdokimoff, Fofonoff, Horcoff, Hoodicoff, Kabatoff, Jmaeff, Kalmakoff, Kanigan, Kazakoff, Kinakin, Koftinoff, Konkin, Koorbatoff, Kootnikoff, Lactin, Lazaroff, Makaeff, Makonin, Malloff, Medvedoff, Nadain, Negreoff, Ogloff, Pankoff, Papove, Perepolkin, Plotnikoff, Polonicoff, Popoff, Reibin, Repin, Rezansoff, Semenoff, Soobotin, Sookachoff, Sookoroff, Stoochnoff, Straloff, Strukoff, Trofimenkoff, Vatkin, Vereshagin, Verigin, Voikin, Wasilenkoff, Wishlow, Wlasoff, Zibin, Zmaeff.

(vii) Gilpin

(single family residences) Astofooroff, Barisoff, Bayoff, Berukoff, Boolinoff, Braun, Chernoff, Deminoff, Demoskoff, Dubasoff, Dutoff, Evdokimoff, Fedasoff, Gritchin, Hoodikoff, Jmaeff, Kalesnikoff, Kastrukoff, Kazakoff, Kootnikoff, Lapshinoff, Lazaroff, Lebedoff, Markin, Mitin, Novokshonoff, Ogloff, Perepolkin, Pereversoff, Podovilnikoff, Popoff, Savinkoff, Slastukin Stoochnoff, Storgoff, Streloff, Swetlishoff, Tomilin, Verigin, Walasoff, Zibin.

(viii) Midway

(single family residences) Cheveldave, Evdokimoff, Hadikin, Fomenoff, Ogloff, Popoff, Sherbinin, Verigin, Zibin, Zwick.
 

Castlegar & Area

(ix) Castlegar

(single family residences) Cheveldave, Fomenoff, Horcoff, Keraeff, Koochin, Makaeff, Makortoff, Markin, Moojelsky, Marosoff, Nevokshonoff, Oglow, Poohachoff, Popoff, Plotnikoff, Salikin, Samsonoff, Semenoff, Sopow, Soukarukoff, Voykin, Stoochnoff.

(x) Makarovka

(single family residences) Abetkoff, Androsoff, Poznikoff, Strelaeff.

(xi) Ootischenia
 

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Chernenkoff Village
(dom) Chernenkoff, Nazaroff.

Chernoff Village
(dom) Bonderoff, Chernoff, Strelaeff.

Gleboff Village
(dom) Gleboff, Koftinoff, Osachoff, Overnay.

Gospodnevo
(single family residence) Kabatoff, Verigin.

Gritchin Village
(dom) Gritchin, Jarikoff, Patapoff, Podovilnikoff.

Hadikin Village
(dom) Hadikin.

Kazakoff Village
(double dom) Evin, Kazakoff.

Kleverskoye
(dom) Kinakin, Kabatoff, Rezansoff, Voykin, Zibin.

Lavrenchenkoff Village
(single family dwelling) Lavrenchenkoff.

Makaeff Village
(dom) Abietkoff, Makaeff, Plotnikoff.

Novinskoye
(dom) Argatoff, Konkin, Lactin, Osachoff, Vereshagin, Zoobkoff.

Pereverseff Village
(dom) Nazaroff, Pereverseff, Voykin.

Pereversoff Village
(dom) Babakaeff, Horkoff, Pereversoff, Trubetskoff.
 

Pictin Village
(dom) Pictin, Rezansoff, Semenoff, Strelaeff.

Pictin Village
(dom) Barisenkoff, Pictin.

Planidin Village
(dom) Nevokshonoff, Planidin, Popoff.

Podmaroff Village
(dom) Babakaeff, Podmaroff.

Popoff Village
(dom) Davidoff, Gluskoff, Negreoff, Pereversoff, Plaksin, Popoff, Tomilin.

Popoff Village
(dom) Konkin, Kazakoff, Popoff, Sofonoff.

Reibin Village
(dom) Barisenkoff, Kanigan, Reibin.

Reservoir Village (Bolshaya Pilnya)
(dom) Kanigan, Laverenchenkoff, Malloff, Markin, Reibin, Shustoff, Stoochnoff.

Stoochnoff Village
(dom) Elasoff, Gevatkoff, Samoyloff, Stoochnoff.

Waterloo Area
(single family residences) Fomenoff, Harshenin, Kabatoff, Kinakin, Kootnikoff, Popoff.

Zoobkoff Village
(dom) Cheveldave, Kinakin, Koftinoff, Lazaroff, Storgeoff, Zoobkoff.

(xii) Kamennoye

Anutooshkin Village
(dom) Anutooshkin, Kalesnikoff, Labentsoff, Reibin.

Lebedoff Village
(dom) Lebedoff, Osachoff.

Soukeroff Village
(dom) Pozdnikoff, Soukeroff.
 

(xiii) Ostrov

Maloff Village
(dom) Argatoff, Barisenkoff, Fomenoff, Koftinoff, Lebedoff, Maloff, Postnikoff.

Stupnikoff Village
(dom) Davidoff, Katasonoff, Lebedoff, Malloff, Plotnikoff, Rezansoff, Stupnikoff.

(xiv) Champion Creek (Blagodatnoye) District
 

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Village #1
(dom) Filipoff, Kavaloff, Postnikoff, Tymofeivitch.

Village #2
(dom) Fofonoff, Ozeroff, Postnikoff, Popoff.

Village #3
(dom) Kalesnikoff, Zeboroff, Sofonoff, Androsoff.

Village #4
(single family dwellings) Postnikoff, Repin.

Village #5
(single family dwelling) Zeboroff.

(xv) Brilliant
 

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Horkoff Village
(dom) Baturin, Horkoff, Koochin, Plotnikoff.

Konkin Village
(dom) Galick, Kalesnikoff, Konkin, Makaeff, Milosovitch, Nazaroff, Popoff, Rezansoff, Zbitney.

Plotnikoff Village
(dom) Baturin, Nevakshonoff, Plotnikoff, Popoff, Rilkoff, Trofimenkoff, Ziebin.

Harshenin Village (Tambovka)
(double dom) Cheveldave, Harshenin, Plotnikoff, Trofimenkoff, Ziebin.

Trubetskoff Village
(dom) Bloodoff, Hancheroff, Nevokshonoff, Pictin, Popoff, Riebin, Shukin, Trubetskoff.

Wishloff Village (Vozneseniye)
(dom) Cheveldave, Chursinoff, Hrooskin, Kalesnikoff, Makaeff, Negreoff. Single family residences Evin, Kanigan, Makortoff, Popoff, Pozdnikoff, Ziebin.
 

(xvi) Sion

Village #1
(dom) Postnikoff, Relkoff, Savinkoff, Semenoff, Verigin.

Village #2
(dom) Chernoff, Makortoff, Pereverseff, Shkuratoff.

(xvii) Raspberry (Malinvoe)

Harshenin Village
(dom) Harshenin, Lebedeff, Makaeff, Markin, Obietkoff.

Relkoff Village
(dom) Makortoff, Relkoff, Sherstobitoff. (single family residence) Hoodicoff.

(xviii) Robson

(single family residences) Andrasoff, Bulinoff, Cheveldave, Evdokimoff, Holuboff, Horcoff, Lazaroff, Makortoff, Markin, Ogloff, Plotnikoff, Salikin, Shukin, Stoochnoff, Verigin, Wanjoff, Zaitsoff, Zibin.
 

(xix) Thrums/Tarrys District

(single family residences) Abrosimoff, Bayoff, Bullinoff, Demoskoff, Drazdoff, Esavaloff, Harshenin, Hoodicoff, Kabatoff, Konkin, Kalesnikoff, Kinakin, Konkin, Maloff, Markin, Nevokshonoff, Ostofooroff, Perehudoff, Perepolkin, Polonicoff, Popoff,Postnikoff,  Rebalkin, Salikin, Savinkoff, Sherstobitoff, Soukeroff, Swetlishoff, Tarasoff, Verigin.

(xx) Glade (Plodorodnoye) District
 

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Glade (Town)
(single family residences) Barabanoff, Chernoff, Kooznetsoff, Lactin, Laukianoff, Lazaroff, Lebedoff, Markin, Perepolkin, Potapoff, Savinkoff, Strukoff, Zibin.

Arkhangelka
(dom) Denisoff, Larin, Nichvolodoff, Novikoff, Potapoff, Shlakoff, Wasilenkoff.

Bogomdarovka
(dom) Gretchen, Poznikoff, Saprikin.

Efremovka
(dom) Koorbatoff, Makonin, Moojelski, Premarukoff.

Khlebodarovka
(dom) Argatoff, Denisoff, Malakoff, Makonin, Popoff, Pozdnikoff, Sherbinin.

Khvaterovka
(dom) Gretchen, Koorbatoff, Kooznetsoff, Legebokoff, Planiden, Shlakoff, Verigin.

Lebedevka
(dom) Kinakin, Legebokoff, Pozdnikoff, Voykin, Strelaeff.

Lyubomirovka
(dom) Wasilenkoff, Legebokoff, Lactin, Chernenkoff, Gevatkoff.

Pavlovka
(dom) Kabatoff, Ogloff, Perepolkin, Samsonoff, Strelaeff.

Pokrovka
(dom) Makoni, Markin, Parkin, Perepolkin, Podmaroff, Rozinkin, Saprikin.

Starozhilovka
(dom) Ozeroff, Popoff.

Uspeniye
(dom) Hadikin, Kinakin, Pereversoff, Popoff, Sherstobitoff, Voykin.

(xxi) Shoreacres (Prekrasnoye) District
 

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Village #1
(single dom) Chernenkoff, Holuboff, Kalmakoff, Oolashen.

Village #2
(single dom) Kalmakoff, Riebin.

Village #3
(single family residences) Evdokimoff, Makaroff, Phillipoff, Postnikoff, Poznikoff, Skiboff, Sookarukoff, Soukeroff, Stoochnoff, Stupnikoff.

Village #4
(single dom) Barowski, Makortoff, Rezansoff.

Slocan Valley & Area

(xxii) Kartoshnoye (Pass Creek)
 

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Pereverseff Village
(dom) Diekoff, Horcoff, Kalesnikoff, Koochin, Pereverseff, Soloveoff, Verigin.

Plotnikoff Village
(dom) Hadikin, Osachoff, Pereverseff, Plotnikoff, Sookochoff, Zaitsoff.

Nichvolodoff Village
(dom) Gorkoff, Makortoff, Nichvolodoff, Soukeroff.

(xxiii) Lugovoye (Pass Creek)

Popoff Village
(dom) Popoff.

Tomilin Village (London)
(dom) Tomilin.

Strelaeff Village (Hollywood)
(dom) Strelaeff.

(xxiv) Krestova

Abysinnia
(dom) Barabanoff, Jmaeff, Kinakin, Rezansoff, Rozinkin, Voykin.

Barisoff Village
(dom) Barisoff, Chernenkoff, Gorkoff, Nazaroff, Sherstobitoff, Storgeoff, Voykin.

Efremovka
(dom) Hadikin, Hramakin, Jmaeff, Kinakin, Kurbatoff, Larin, Legebokoff, Markin, Nevokshonoff, Shlakoff.

Krivoi Aul
(dom) Reibin, Stoochnoff, Swetlishoff, Voykin, Zaitsoff.

Village #5
(dom) Antifeiff, Bayoff, Hadikin, Koftinoff, Lactin, Pankoff, Pozdnikoff, Shlakoff.

The Pump
(single family residences) Abietkoff, Babakaeff, Berisoff, Efanoff, Fedosoff, Gevatkoff, Hoolaeff, Kanigan, Malakoff, Malikoff, Markin, Perepolkin, Popoff, Potapoff, Poznikoff, Salikin, Stupnikoff, Swetlisheff, Vereschagin, Verigan, Voykin.
 

(xxv) Crescent Valley

(single family residences) Bidinoff, Chernenkoff, Chernoff, Konkin, Legebokoff, Rilkoff, Saprikin, Savinkoff, Sherbinin, Soobotine, Sopow, Stoochnoff, Tarasoff, Vereshine, Verigin, Woykin.

(xxvi) Goose Creek

(single family residences) Abrosimoff, Chernenkoff, Gritchen, Hlookoff, Kazlov, Koodrin, Legebokoff, Makortoff, Nazaroff, Planidin, Postnikoff, Reibin, Repin, Shlakoff, Sookaveiff, Stoochnoff, Swetlishoff, Voykin.

(xxvii) Slocan Park

(single family residences) Cheveldave, Demoskoff, Evin, Konkin, Lactin, Markin, Markoff, Osachoff, Padowinikoff, Planidin, Plotnikoff, Podovilnikoff, Poohachoff,  Popoff, Saprikin, Sheloff, Shkuratoff, Verigin, Zaitsoff.

(xxviii) Koch Siding (Kov)

(single family residences) Chursinoff, Planidin, Rezansoff, Samorodin, Samsonoff, Voykin, Wishlow.

(xxix) Passmore & Vallican Districts

(single family residences) Bayoff, Bloodoff, Gevatkoff, Hadikin, Kinakin, Kootnikoff, Osachoff, Voykin.

(xxx) Lebahdo District

Lebahdo
(single family residence) Osachoff, Pictin, Shukin.

Veseloye
(single family residence) Perepolkin.

(xxxi) Winlaw/Appledale District
 

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Winlaw/Appledale
(single family residences) Arekhoff, Babakaeff, Berekoff, Bojey, Chernenkoff, Chernoff, Chigmoroff, Chutskoff, Evdokimoff, Faminoff, Filipoff, Gretchen, Jmaeff, Kabatoff, Kalesnikoff, Kalmakoff, Katasonoff, Katelnikoff, Kazakoff, Koozen, Kooznetsoff, Lactin, Lawrenow, Malakoff, Markin, Makortoff, Minnaert, Ozeroff, Pereversoff, Poohachoff, Popoff, Posnikoff, Postnikoff, Poznikoff, Relkoff, Repin, Savinkoff, Shkuratoff, Solovyanoff, Soukeroff, Stoochnoff, Strelieff, Sysoev, Terekoff, Vereshchagin, Verigin, Wishloff.

Kirpichnoye (Claybrick)
(dom) Bulinoff, Fominoff, Goolaeff, Jmaeff, Kabatoff, Malakoff, Stoochnoff, Zarchikoff.

(xxxii) Perry Siding District

Persikovoye
(dom) Babakaeff, Evdokimoff, Harasemow, Kabatoff, Kanigan, Koochin, Malakoff, Popoff, Rebalkin, Stoopnikoff, Vanjoff, Verigin, Zarchikoff.

(xxxiii) Hills

(single family residences) Chernoff, Deakoff, Doubosoff, Lactin, Legebokoff, Malakoff, Makortoff, Markin, Perepolkin, Popoff, Posnikoff, Poznikoff, Reibin, Saprikin, Soobotin, Stoochnoff, Vanin, Zaitsoff, Zeibin.
 

(xxxiv) South Slocan/Beasley

(single family residences) Konkin, Kootnikoff, Markin, Nazaroff, Nimanikin, Pictin, Swetlikoff.

(xxxv) Taghum/Blewitt

(single family residences) Antifaeff, Chernenkoff, Hadikin, Horcoff, Kanigan, Khadikin, Makasoff, Moojelski, Parkin, Planidin, Popoff, Relkoff, Saprikin, Soloveoff, Strukoff, Samorodin, Saviskoff, Shukin, Swetlikoff, Verigin, Zoobkoff.

(xxxvi) Nelson

(single family residences) Baranoff, Berukoff, Chernenkoff, Chernoff, Gorkoff, Hoobanaff, Jmaeff, Juriloff, Kabatoff, Kanigan, Katasonoff, Katelnikoff, Kazakoff, Kinakin, Kootnikoff, Markin, Negreoff, Olisoff, Planidin, Popoff, Postnikoff, Reibin, Relkoff, Rozinkin, Saprikin, Seminoff, Sheloff, Shukin, Sofonoff, Sookarukoff, Soukeroff, Verishine, Voykin, Woikin, Zarikoff, Zeibin.

(xxxvii) Salmo

(single family residences) Antifaeff, Berukoff, Bartsoff, Baturin, Bonderoff, Chernenkoff, Chernoff, Deikoff, Efanoff, Elasoff, Famenoff, Gleboff, Gretchen, Hadikin, Jmaeff, Kalmakoff, Kinakin, Konkin, Koochin, Krasnikoff, Laktin, Makaeff, Maloff, Malakoff, Markin, Osachoff, Padmaroff, Planidin, Pictin, Polonicoff, Poogachoff, Postnikoff, Potapoff, Poznikoff, Rapau, Repin, Rozinkin, Sheloff, Shustoff, Soukeroff, Stoochnoff, Taranoff, Terekoff, Tomilin, Vereshagin, Verigin, Voykin, Zarchikoff, Zeebin.
 

(xxxviii) Fruitvale/Trail

(single family residences) Antifaeff, Berekoff, Chernenkoff, Filipoff, Gevatkoff, Konken, Makeiff, Markin, Popoff, Sherstobitoff, Vereschagin, Zaetsoff.

(xxxix) Creston

(single family residences) Bludoff, Bonderoff, Chernoff, Ewashin, Famlin, Fofonoff, Hoodekoff, Hrooskin, Konkin, Morozoff, Negreoff, Nemanishen, Ogloff, Osachoff, Pereversoff, Plotnikoff, Popoff, Pozdnikoff, Rilcoff, Salikin, Sherstobitoff, Shukin, Vanjoff, Verigin, Wishlow, Zarchikoff, Ziabin.

Acknowledgements

This article would not have been possible without the tremendous assistance of many Doukhobors in the Grand Forks, Castlegar and Slocan Valley areas including: Alex Ewashin, Creston BC; Andrew Pereversoff, Shoreacres, BC; Andy Tarasoff, Crescent Valley BC; Bill Strelaeff, Pass Creek BC; Bill Trubetskoff, Brilliant BC; Cecil Plotnikoff, Grand Forks BC; John Nevokshonoff, Grand Forks BC; John Ozeroff, Glade BC; Laura Savinkoff, Grand Forks BC; Mike S. Zibin, Grand Forks BC; Nick Bonderoff, Salmo BC; Pete Elasoff, Krestova, BC; Sam Shlakoff, Krestova BC.  Additional information by: Lawrna Myers, Vernon, BC; Corinne Postnikoff, Castlegar, BC; Molly Minnaert, Winlaw, BC; Peter P. Zaetsoff, Castlegar, BC; and others.

The information contained in this article is based on oral history compiled through extensive fieldwork and interviews carried out by the above individuals.  It preserves a unique historical account of the family composition of Doukhobor settlements in British Columbia, not available in official documents.  Nonetheless, to the extent that the information reflects personal interpretations and recollections of events, it may contain inadvertent errors or omissions.  If readers have any comments, corrections or additions with respect to the Family Names in the British Columbia Doukhobor Settlements, please contact Jonathan J. Kalmakoff.

For a distribution listing of surnames that appear in the Saskatchewan Doukhobor settlements in the 1905 census, follow this link. 

This article was reproduced by permission in ISKRA Nos.1997-1999 (Grand Forks: Union of Spiritual Communities in Christ, 2007).

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