Sovetnoye Cemetery - Mikado District, Saskatchewan

Sovetnoe Cemetery - Mikado District, Saskatchewan

Sovetnoye Cemetery - Mikado District, Saskatchewan

The following is an overview of the Sovetnoye Doukhobor Cemetery located 6 miles north-east of Mikado, Saskatchewan. Rural Municipality of Sliding Hills No. 273. Land location: NE 35-30-2 West of Second. Latitude: 51°38.698. Longitude: 102°10.738. Compiled by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff with Fred S. Petroff and Fred J. Strelieff on April 30, 2005. Updated August 12, 2005.

View of the cemetery from the south facing north. It is marked by a bluff of trees.

Historical Background

Sovetnoye Cemetery was established in 1899 by the Doukhobors of Sovetnoye village near Mikado. After the abandonment of the village in 1920, the cemetery continued to be used by local Doukhobors until 1931. Thereafter, it ceased to be be in active operation. Over the years, it has become badly overgrown. The cemetery is privately owned.

Layout

The cemetery is approximately a half acre in size. There is dense scrub and brush throughout. The cemetery contains approximately 75 interments in several rows facing east-west. The graves are unmarked and leveled. I have used death certificates and oral tradition to identify 27 of these. The remaining 48 or so unmarked graves are unidentified. Today, all that remains is a bluff of trees in the middle of a cultivated field.

Driving Directions

To access the cemetery, travel north from the junction of Highway No. 5 and the Village of Mikado Exit for 2 miles (3.2 km). Then turn east on the grid road and continue for 4 miles (6.4 km). Turn north on the grid road for one mile (1.6 km). The cemetery is approximately 100 yards (91.4 m) west 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

Abetkoff	Anna S.	-	-	Daughter of Savely - No Marker
Abetkoff	Avdotia K.	1887	-	Wife of Savely - No Marker
Abetkoff	Peter S.	-	-	Son of Savely - No Marker

Chernoff	(child)	-	-	Son of Wasyl - No Marker
Chernoff	(child)	-	-	Son of Wasyl - No Marker
Chernoff	Anastasia	1880	-	Nee Zieben - Wife of Peter - No Marker
Chernoff	Anna I.	1855	-	Nee Petroff - No Marker
Chernoff	Avdotia G.	1880	1913	Wife of Wasyl - No Marker
Chernoff	Grigory D.	1889	-	No Marker
Chernoff	Jim F.	May 22, 1914	1928	No Marker
Chernoff	Savely M.	1842	Jul. 23, 1922	No Marker
Chernoff	Tatiana	1886	-	Wife of Wasyl - No Marker
Chernoff	Tatiana	1840	-	Wife of Savely - No Marker
Chernoff	Vera P.	Jan. 29, 1931	Feb. 11, 1931	Child of Peter & Mary - No Marker
Chernoff	Wasyl	1855	-	No Marker

Dergousoff	John T.	Oct. 23, 1906	Nov. 7, 1922	No Marker
Dergousoff	Pearl S.	1883	Jul. 21, 1929	No Marker

Fominoff	Nikolai	1845	-	No Marker

Hrooshkin	Anna	1825	-	No Marker
Hrooshkin	Potap W.	1867	-	No Marker
Hrooshkin	Wasyl	1825	-	No Marker
Hrooshkin	William P.	1899	-	Son of Potap - No Marker

Osachoff	Mary S.	1854	-	No Marker
Osachoff	Michael	1855	-	No Marker

Petroff	Joseph I.	1859	May 23, 1929	No Marker
Petroff	Peter I.	1861	Jun. 23, 1926	No Marker
Planidin	Nikolai	1880	1906	No Marker

In addition, the following families resided in Sovetnoye village and may have members buried in Sovetnoye Cemetery: Barisenkoff, Bondareff, Chernoff, Danshin, Demosky, Fominoff, Hrooshkin, Obetkoff, Osachoff, Planidin, Podovinnikoff, Popoff, Swetlisheff, Zaitseff.

View of the cemetery from the south-west facing north-east.

Notes

Various sources of data have been used in compiling this information including: death certificates and oral tradition. Special thanks to Robert Tomilin for assisting in locating the cemetery and to Annette Zeeben and Fanny Reibin for identifying additional interments. This is a work in progress. If readers have any comments, corrections or additions with respect to Sovetnoye Cemetery, please contact Jonathan J. Kalmakoff.