Tolstoy Cemetery - Veregin District, Saskatchewan

Tolstoy Cemetery - Veregin District, Saskatchewan

The following is a transcription of the Tolstoy Doukhobor Cemetery located 8 miles north of Veregin, Saskatchewan. Rural Municipality of Keys No. 303. Land location: NW 27-31-1 West of Second. Latitude: 51°41.543. Longitude: 102°03.928. Transcribed by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff on July 11, 2004.

View from the southwest of the cemetery facing northeast.

Historical Background

Tolstoy Cemetery was established in 1918 by Independent Doukhobors living in the district north of Veregin, Saskatchewan. It was incorporated as Tolstoy Cemetery Company in 1922. It was named after Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1920), Russian novelist, social reformer and benefactor of the Doukhobors. Several Ukrainian and Czechoslovakian settlers are also buried in the cemetery. The cemetery is still in active use today and is privately owned. It is well maintained.

Layout

The cemetery is approximately one acre in size and is enclosed by a wire fence. There is an iron gate on the north side and an open gate on the east side. The cemetery contains 71 interments in a single section comprised of ten rows facing east-west. Five of the graves have no marker and the mounds have been leveled. There are considerable gaps between the marked graves which would suggest many additional unmarked graves, however, it would appear that most of these are empty spaces between family plots. With respect to graves with markers, the markers are typically plain, upright marble or slate headstones. Click here for an online cemetery map.

Driving Directions

To access the cemetery, travel north from the junction of Highway No. 5 and the Village of Veregin Exit on gravel Secondary Route No. 637 for 7 3/4 miles (12.5 km). Then turn west and continue on the gravel road for 1/2 mile (.8 km). The cemetery is on the south 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

Barisinkoff	Clark H.	Aug. 12, 1935	Dec. 14, 1935	No Marker
Barisinkoff	John J.	1862	May 17, 1947	No Marker

Cazakoff	Antoinette	1916	1948	nee Konkin
Chernoff	Barbara	1889	1933
Chikmaroff	Polly	Apr. 25, 1889	Dec. 6, 1939	Wife of Paul
Chikmaroff	Una	Jul. 4, 1921	May 17, 1946	Daughter of Paul and Polly
Chutskoff	Alex F.	1878	1946
Chutskoff	Fred F.	1857	Mar. 2, 1945	No Marker
Chutskoff	Harry F.	1866	1945
Chutskoff	Mary	1886	1964
Chutskoff	Molly F.	Apr. 15, 1880	Feb. 14, 1963
Chutskoff	Nick H.	1908	1967
Chutskoff	Tena	1912	1937
Chutskoff	Walter	Aug. 11, 1929	Jan. 23, 1930

Demoskoff	Lukeria N.	1885	1960
Demoskoff	Wasyl M.	1883	1933

Horkoff	Alexandria M.	1873	Sep. 24, 1930
Horkoff	Anastasia D.	1882	1950	Wife of Michael
Horkoff	Dora J.	Jun. 19, 1918	Jan. 15, 1942
Horkoff	John W.	1884	1949
Horkoff	Larry W.	1909	1947
Horkoff	Martha A.	1872	Sep. 1918	Wife of Alexandria
Horkoff	Michael W.	1882	1971
Horkoff	Polly A.	1885	1973
Horkoff	Wasyl A.	1884	1934
Horkoff	(child)	-	-	Grandson of Michael

Kernaghan	Anne	1905	1999
Khoptiy	Grinko	-	-	Marker badly deteriorated
Konkin	Anastasia	-	-
Konkin	Anna	1857	1918	No Marker
Konkin	Alexei W.	1851	Jun. 25, 1935
Konkin	Fred A.	1888	1964
Konkin	George F.	Jun. 26, 1926	Sep. 7, 1929
Konkin	John A.	1891	1930
Konkin	John J.	1912	1932
Konkin	Larry P.	1886	-
Konkin	Paula	1852	Sep. 15, 1939
Konkin	Peter F.	1904	Feb. 22, 1926
Konkin	Peter W.	Jun. 29, 1915	Nov. 27, 1922
Konkin	Wasyl F.	Sep. 16, 1921	Aug. 24, 1929
Kuzma	Andrew	Sep. 18, 1870	Apr. 6, 1940
Kuzma	Andrew	1894	1965
Kuzma	Helen	1908	1947	nee Pandich
Kuzma	John	1900	1995
Kuzma	Mabel	1911	1993

Lapshinoff	Wasel	1880	1942
Lazaroff	Nick	1872	1944
Lazaroff	Polly	1873	1944

Malakoff	Aliana	1878	1960
Malakoff	John Ivan	1877	1935

Paluck	John J.	1895	1934
Paluck	Ludwina	1861	Nov. 21, 1940	Wife of Semko
Paluck	Semko	1857	Jun. 19, 1943
Planidin	Larry W.	-	-
Popoff	Anna	1865	1939
Popoff	Annie M.	1909	Apr. 21, 1937
Popoff	John N.	1892	Apr. 21, 1937
Popoff	Wasyl F.	1860	1947

Rieben	Anastasia K.	Aug. 18, 1871	Jun. 25, 1946
Rieben	Michael J.	Dec. 19, 1889	Jul. 19, 1942
Rieben	Wasilisa S.	Apr. 25, 1890	Jul. 18, 1976
Rieben	Wasyl M.	Aug. 11, 1912	Jun. 10, 1941

Salikin	Mary	Apr. 15, 1869	Apr. 24, 1948
Salikin	Simeon F.	Aug. 15, 1869	Apr. 17, 1943
Sofonoff	Mabel	1909	1968

Verigin	Prokofey F.	1878	Sep. 24, 1941

Yastremski	Anastasia	1882	1976	Wife of Pavel
Yastremski	N.	-	-
Yastremski	Pavel A.	1880	1947

Zaitsoff	Tania	1887	May 11, 1937	No Marker
Zbeetnoff	George W.	1868	Apr. 10, 1923

View of the cemetery gate from the north facing south.

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

Notes

Various sources of data have been used in compiling this information, including: marker transcriptions, death certificates and oral tradition. I have photos for most of the headstones and would be happy to share them. This is a work in progress. If readers have any comments, corrections or additions with respect to Tolstoy Cemetery, please contact Jonathan J. Kalmakoff.