Slavanka Cemetery - Blaine Lake District, Saskatchewan

Slavanka Cemetery - Blaine Lake District, Saskatchewan

The following is a transcription of Slavanka Doukhobor Cemetery located 10 miles east of Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan. Rural Municipality of Blaine Lake No. 434. Land location: NE 17-44-5 West of Third. Latitude: 52°47.468. Longitude: 106°40.863. Transcribed by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff on July 27, 2006.

View of the cemetery from the southeast facing northeast.

Historical Background

Slavanka (aka Slavianka) Cemetery was established in 1901 by the Doukhobors of Slavianka village near Blaine Lake. After the abandonment of the village in 1911, the cemetery continued to be used by Doukhobors living in the Slavanka School District No. 2279 (1912-1956) and is still in active use today. It is privately owned and is maintained by a cemetery committee. The cemetery is in very good condition.

Layout

The cemetery is two acres in size and is enclosed by a wire fence. There is an iron gate on the east side. The cemetery contains approximately 100 interments in a single section comprised of five rows facing east-west. Approximately 34 of the graves have no marker and the mounds have been levelled. These remain unidentified. With respect to graves with markers, the markers are typically plain slate, marble or concrete upright headstones or flat markers set flush to the ground. Click here for an online cemetery map.

Driving Directions

To access the cemetery, travel east from the Town of Blaine Lake on Township Road No. 445 for 8 miles (12.8 km). Then turn south on Range Road No. 3054 and continue for 2 1/2 miles (4.0 km). The cemetery is on the west side of the road allowance. This cemetery is on private property and permission to access should be obtained by the owners.

Transcription

Surname	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Comments

Atamanenko	Nick J.	1894	1983
Atamanenko	Pauline	1903	1987	Wife of Nick - Nee Osachoff

Bludoff	Anastasia	1881	1933	Wife of Sam - Nee Karaloff
Bludoff	Liza	1880	1954	Wife of Nick - Nee Kabaroff
Bludoff	Nick D.	1879	1952
Bludoff	Peter S.	1910	1983
Bludoff	Sam D.	1881	1957
Bonderoff	Gregory W.	1874	1949
Bonderoff	John G.	Jul. 31, 1894	May 3, 1978
Bonderoff	John I.	1920	1986
Bonderoff	Mary	Oct. 2, 1895	Aug. 25, 1957	Wife of John - Nee Kabatoff
Bonderoff	Pearl S.	1873	1952	Wife of Gregory - Nee Kanigan
Bonderoff	Peter G.	1907	1988
Bonderoff	Walter	Mar. 17, 1928	Oct. 1, 1928
Bonderoff	William J.	Jun. 21, 1931	Nov. 7, 1954

Chudskov	Fred J.	1924	1980
Chutskoff	Ahafia	1862	1958
Chutskoff	Ivan W.	1862	1940
Chutskoff	John	1892	1973
Chutskoff	Mary	1893	1952	Wife of John - Nee Perehudoff
Chutskoff	Nicholas	-	1912
Chutskoff	Peter	1919	1974
Chutskoff	William J.	1915	1982

Kabaroff	Dan	1875	1944	Note: Error on tombstone. Correct year of birth: 1885
Kabaroff	Elizabeth	1916	2001	Wife of Fred - Nee Vereschagin
Kabaroff	Fred	1911	1997
Kabaroff	John D.	1905	1961
Kabaroff	Lorne A.	-	Nov. 2, 1952
Kabaroff	Mary	1884	1970	Wife of Dan - Nee Bonderoff
Kabaroff	Trevor	-	Aug. 19, 1943
Kabaroff	Violet B.	1914	1993	Wife of John - Nee Androsoff
Kabaroff	Wasyl	1840	1917
Kanigan	Anna	1876	1942	Wife of Nickolai
Kanigan	John N.	1902	1978
Kanigan	Nickolai S.	1874	1936
Karaloff	-	1870	1944
Karaloff	Eva	1847	1957
Karaloff	John S.	-	Dec. 11, 1943	Private No. 12 District Depot
Karaloff	William W.	1894	1920

Obchansky	Mary	1901	1944
Obchansky	Tepan G.	1895	1956
Osachoff	Anastasia	Apr. 18, 1872	Jun. 28, 1957	Wife of Sam - Nee Kanigan
Osachoff	Emma	1903	1985	Wife of N.S. - Nee Sookerokoff
Osachoff	N.S.	Nov. 22, 1901	Oct. 2, 1938
Osachoff	Sam F.	1871	1951
Osachoff	Tena M.	1923	1996
Osachoff	Walter N.	1924	1991

Perehudoff	Kuzma	-	1912

Sherstobetoff	Alex A.	1911	1979
Sherstobetoff	Alex N.	1888	1968
Sherstobetoff	Dora	1890	1974	Wife of Alex - Nee Markin
Sherstobetoff	Eli (Hank)	Feb. 3, 1943	May 6, 2005
Sherstobetoff	Helen A.	1916	1963	Wife of Alex
Sherstobetoff	James N.	Mar. 15, 1885	Jul. 6, 1967
Sherstobetoff	Kirk	1960	2003
Sherstobetoff	Mary	Aug. 4, 1885	Mar. 24, 1962	Wife of James - Nee Salikin
Sherstobetoff	Nicholas	-	-
Sherstobetoff	Oxenia	1852	1962
Sherstobetoff	Sergie	Jan. 23, 1940	Mar. 1, 1995
Sherstobetoff	Walter A.	1922	1926
Sipko	Polly N.	1900	1954	Nee Bludoff
Sipko	Victor D.	1928	Nov. 6, 1993	Died - age 65 years
Stupnikoff	Hazel	Aug. 22, 1917	May 17, 2006	Nee Kabaroff
Stupnikoff	Martha	1892	1934
Stupnikoff	Nicholas G.	Apr. 26, 1914	Feb. 9, 2001
Stupnikoff	Ronald R.	May 3, 1939	Aug. 9, 2000

View of the cemetery commemorative cairn.

Notes

Various sources of data have been used in compiling this information including marker transcriptions. This is a work in progress. If readers have any comments, corrections or additions with respect to Slavanka Cemetery, please contact Jonathan J. Kalmakoff.