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The Doukhobor Gazetteer - Search Details
Koloniya Svobody
In 1913, twenty-three Doukhobor families from Saskatchewan and two Molokan families from California, incorporated as the Society of Independent Doukhobors, purchased 1,000 acres of land along the Willamette River near Peoria in Linn County, Oregon. There, they established the Koloniya Svobody (Колония Свободы) meaning “Freedom Colony” in Russian. It was so named because the colonists were “free” from having to swear the oath of allegiance which accompanied homestead land in Canada. The colony was short-lived, however, as the colonists were misled as to the quantity and quality of the land, which turned out to be worthless for agriculture. Moreover, the deed was drawn up such that if one colonist defaulted, the entire colony lost the land. Following protracted litigation, the land was foreclosed upon in 1916 and the colony was abandoned. [Donation Land Claim Nos. 44 & 52 and Section Nos. 16 & 19, 13S-4W WM]
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