Doukhobor Stories and Articles

Stories, rather than names and dates, bring our Doukhobor ancestors to life. They allow us to see our ancestors as individuals, to share their experiences and expectations, to feel what they felt, to understand how they lived and worked, to identify where they lived and when, and to respect the values they shared. Through stories we discover some of the things that mattered most to them. Below you will find a collection of articles relating to Doukhobor genealogy and family history. Researchers are encouraged to submit their own family histories, autobiographies, tales, success stories, anecdotes and folklore. There are many stories yet to be told ...

Genealogical

• Discovering Our Doukhobor Roots - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff   
• Thirty Years Ago - by Annie Barnes    
• My Father, A Doukhobor? - by Terry Terichow  
• Long Lost Drazdoffs - by Nola Drazdoff  
• Chursinoff Family History - by Jonathan Kalmakoff
• Petroff Family History - by Fred Strelieff
• Dergousoff Family History - by Jonathan Kalmakoff
• Lapshinoff Family History  - by Jonathan Kalmakoff

Historical

• Spiritual Origins and the Beginnings of Doukhobor History - by Svetlana A. Inikova
• Conversation Between the Rector of Nevsky Seminary & Kharkov Dukhobortsy, 1792 - by Metropolitan Gavriil   
• The Novgorod Doukhobor Elder, 1796 - by Alexander I. Herzen  
• Persecution of Doukhobors in South Russia, 1797 - by Joseph S. Elkinton 
• Tambov Doukhobors on Trial in 1803 - by I. Dubasov
• More About the History of the Dukhobortsy of Kharkov Province - by I.V. Savva  
• Doukhobor Interfaith Relations in South Ukraine, Late 18th & Early 19th Century - by Anastasia Buchna 
• Several Characteristics of Doukhobor Society, 1805 - translated by Robert Pinkerton
• A Visit to the Dukhobortsy on the Sea of Azov in 1816 - by Robert Pinkerton   UPDATED!
• Quaker Visit to the Dukhobortsy, 1819 - by William Allen and Stephen Grellet   NEW!
• A Visit to the Dukhobortsy, 1843 - by Baron August von Haxthausen    
• The Dukhobortsy, 1863 - by Vasily V. Vereshchagin
• Appeal for Help - by V.G. Chertkov, P.I. Biryukov and I.M. Tregubov
• The Dukhobortsy and Religious Persecution in Russia - by John Ashworth
• Queen Lukeria of Gorelovka - by H.F.B. Lynch
• A Visit with the Doukhobors of Irkutsk - by Nikolai M. Astyrev   
• Ivan G. Samarin: The Great Molokan Communicator - by the Molokan Review
• The Doukhobors on Cyprus - by Pavel I. Biryukov     NEW!
• The Doukhobors Quarantined at Gross Isle, 1899 - by Koozma J. Tarasoff
• Sergey Tolstoy and the Doukhobors: The Halifax Quarantine - by Dr. Ian Cameron 
• The Doukhobors Quarantined at Lawlors Island, 1899 - by Koozma J. Tarasoff 
• With the Doukhobors to Canada - by Vera M. Velichkina      NEW!
• Doukhobor Immigration: The Potato Dilemma - by Victor O. Buyniak   
• Trek of the Doukhobors - by Betty Ward 
• The 1899 Manitoba & Northwestern Railway Dispute with the Doukhobors - by Victor O. Buyniak  
• Leo Tolstoy's Teachings and the Sons of Freedom in Canada - Svetlana A. Inikova   
• The Origin of the Freedomite Movement - by William A. Soukeroff
• A Day with the Doukhobors - by Jonathan E. Rhoads 
• Personal Experiences Among the Doukhobors in Canada - by Joseph Elkinton 
• Doukhobor Leader Arrives, 1902 - Manitoba Morning Free Press 
• Visit to the Doukhobors, 1902 - Manitoba Morning Free Press   
• Journey to a Colony of Doukhobors, 1903 - E.W. Thompson     NEW!
• The Doukhobors in 1904 - by Patricia L. McCormick 
• 1904 Report of the General Meeting of the Doukhobor Community - Yorkton Enterprise   
• 1906 Report of the General Meeting of the Doukhobor Community - Manitoba Morning Free Press 
• 1910 Report of the General Meeting of the Doukhobor Community - Manitoba Free Press   
• 1912 Report of the General Meeting of the Doukhobor Community - Manitoba Free Press    
• Early Doukhobor Experience on the Canadian Prairies - by Jeremy Adelman 
• How Doukhobors Build Railways, 1906 - Manitoba Morning Free Press     NEW!
• The Doukhobor Homestead Crisis, 1898-1907 - Kathlyn Szalasznyj   
• The Mounted Police and the Doukhobors in Saskatchewan, 1899-1909 - by Carl Betke   
• The Doukhobor Brickyard at Yorkton, Saskatchewan - by Debra Pinkerton
• The Doukhobor Brickyard at Thunderhill, Saskatchewan - by Ed Dobbyn and Gwen Palmer
• The Doukhobors at Veregin, Saskatchewan, 1911 - Manitoba Free Press   
• The Hyas Doukhobor Settlement - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff   
• Doukhobor Development in the Ebenezer District, Saskatchewan - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff  
• Canadian Doukhobors and the Land Question, 1899-1999  - by John McLaren
• British Columbia Community Regulation Act - by Koozma J. Tarasoff
• Ethnic Agricultural Labourers 1930s-1950s  - by Mario Lanthier & Lloyd Wong
• Doukhobors in Alberta - by Michael M. Verigin
• Pacifism and Anastasia's Doukhobor Village - by John W. Friesen 
• Arrival of the First Group of Doukhobors in Ootischenia, British Columbia, 1908 - by William A. Fominoff  
• Doukhobors in the Boundary - by Vera Novokshonoff, Lucy Reibin & Marion Obedkoff  
• Grand Forks Brick Plant Launched in 1909 - by William M. Rozinkin   
• Kamennoye Wood Stave Pipe Factory Began Operation in 1915 - by William M. Rozinkin   
• The Doukhobors at Waterloo, British Columbia, 1911 - Manitoba Free Press   
• Brilliant Jam Factory was Thriving Industry - by William M. Rozinkin   
• Shining Waters: Doukhobors in the Castlegar Area - by Vi Plotnikoff
• Brilliant History - Fading Into Obscurity - by William M. Rozinkin   
• The Mysterious Death of Peter Verigin - by Larry Hannant
• Memories of Orchards and Raspberries at Raspberry Village, British Columbia - by William M. Rozinkin   
• Spencer Area or 'Ubezhishche', British Columbia - by Mike Zibin   
• Early Memories of Hills, British Columbia - by George P. Markin   
• The Doukhobor Community at Trail, British Columbia - by Jenny Cowell   
• (Re)Reading BC's Doukhobor Cultural Landscape - by Carl J. Tracie   
• A Roundtrip to the Homeland: Doukhobor Remigration to Soviet Russia in the 1920s - by Vadim Kukushkin
• Piers Island: The Doukhobor Period, 1932-1935 - by A. Harold Skolrood   
• Hilliers Communal Farm was Short-Lived - by Andrei Bondoreff    NEW!
• The Doukhobors' Place in Canadian History - by Andrei Bondoreff
• The Doukhobor Monument to Alexander I in Terpeniye - by Alexander A. Chukhraenko   NEW!
• Doukhobor Memorial Stone from the Village of Bogdanovka - by Alexander A. Chukhraenko
• The Mystery of Terpenie's Buried Treasure - by Alexander A. Chukhraenko 
• The Cossack Cross of Spasskoye - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff with Alexander A. Chukhraenko   

Biographical

• Dorofeyushka's Views on Church Rituals - by Eli A. Popoff 
• Roman Kanigan: The Shackled One - by Marion Demosky
• Ivan Vladimirovich Lopukhin, His Life and Role in Doukhobor History - Jonathan J. Kalmakoff   
• Autobiography - by Simeon F. Reibin
• Childhood Memories - Alexey I. Popov   
• My Trip to Shenkursk and My Communal Life There - by Grigory V. Verigin
• Accomplishment of the Mission - by Grigory V. Verigin
• A Message to Relatives - by Alexei N. Chernoff 
• Vanya Bayoff: The Execution - by Alexander M. Bodyansky
• Refusal of Military Service - by Gregory Vanin
• My Beautiful Sons...Why Did You Have to Die? - by Akimushka A. Fominov
• My Renunciation of Military Service - Gregory I. Sukharev 
• Story of a Spiritual Upheaval - Vasily N. Pozdnyakov
• My Rejection of Military Service - Petr V. Olkhovik   
• Confession of a Doukhobor Elder - Vasily V. Zybin     NEW!
• Wives and Children of the Doukhobors - Prokopy N. Sokolnikov   
• Scenes from To America With the Doukhobors - by L.A. Sulerzhitsky
• Peter Verigin: Doukhobor Leader Arrives - Manitoba Morning Free Press
• Childhood Recollections - by Tanya Postnikoff
• Petrofka - by Alex J. Bayoff   
• The Antifaeff Family - Immigration to Canada - by Ruby M. Nemanishen 
• A True Story About a Pioneer Doukhobor Babushka - by Eli A. Popoff  
• Polly Harelkin: Recalling the Titanic - by Gary Lewchuk 
• Peter G. Makaroff, QC, Canada's First Doukhobor Lawyer - by William H. McConnell 
• Boyhood Memories  - by Russell W. Terichow
• Memories of the Holoboff Family  - by Russell A. Holoboff    
• My Life Story  - by George P. Stushnoff 
• Paths and Pathfinders  - by Polly Vishloff
• Uncle Ivan Remembered  - by Charlie Chernoff
• Grandmother Berikoff: A Special Gift  - by Natalie Voykin  
• Transplanted Roots  - by Albert J. Popoff   
• My Memories of My Grandmother and Grandfather Sookochoff  - by Cyril Brown  
• Spanning the Years - The Vereschagin Family - Ann J. Vereschagin     NEW!
• My Dukhobor Ancestors - by Evgenia V. Kabatova

General

• Doukhobors: An Endangered Species - by Dr. John I. Postnikoff 
• Doukhobors: An Overview  - by Koozma J. Tarasoff   
• Ethnic Diversity Among the Early Doukhobors - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff
• Doukhobor Holidays and Rituals in the Caucasus - by Svetlana A. Inikova   
• Calendar of Doukhobor Holidays in the Caucasus - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff   
• Doukhobor Architecture: An Introduction - by F. Mark Mealing   
• Folk Furniture of Canada's Doukhobors - by John Fleming & Michael Rowan 
• A Doukhobor Romance - Victoria Daily Colonist & Lima Times Democrat   NEW!
• Religion and Tradition in the Cultural Landscapes of the Doukhobors in Saskatchewan - by Carl J. Tracie 
• Family Names in BC Doukhobor Settlements, 1930s-1950s - by Mike W. Popoff & Jonathan J. Kalmakoff
• Brands of the Doukhobor Stockmen of Alberta, 1911-1987 - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff  NEW!
• The Colony: Anastasia's Village, Shouldice, Alberta - by William Anatooskin 
• The (Almost) Quiet Revolution: Doukhobor Schooling in Saskatchewan - by John Lyons
• Forced Doukhobor Schooling in British Columbia - by William Janzen   
• The Role of Doukhobor Women - by Larry Ewashen  NEW!
• A Doukhobor Wedding Dress - by Leslee Newman   
• Place Names of Early Doukhobor Settlements in Saskatchewan, 1899-1907 - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff   
• Sketch of a Doukhobor Prisoner in Siberia - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff   
• Not to be Bought, Sold or Bartered With - by John McLaren   
• Novo-Spasskoye - A Doukhobor Village - by Sonya Stepankin
• The First Gorelovka Village, Blaine Lake District, SK - by Roger Phillips   
• The Pavlovtsy - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff   UPDATED!
• Vanishing BC - Doukhobor Villages - by Michael Kluckner
• A New Beginning - by Annie B. Barnes 
• Doukhobor - poem by John Newlove 
• Wisdom of the Birds - by Mary A. Green
• Janey Canuck in the West - by Emily (Ferguson) Murphy 
• The Molokan Arrival in Manitoba, 1905 - Manitoba Free Press 
• New Israel: Transformation of a Branch of Russian Religious Dissent - by Sergey Petrov 
• The Manteca Russian Colony - by Rose M. Albano
• Breaking Ground in Spasovka and Uspenie  - by Deanna Konkin   
• Doukhobors Contribute to Rich Valley Culture  - by Jeff Koftinoff
• Weaving Doukhobor History - by Lorne Hammond 
• The Doukhobor Peace Day - by Koozma J. Tarasoff
• Tolstoy, the Bible, and Everything - by Lionel Hughes
• Righting the Wrong: The Confinement of Sons of Freedom Children - Ombudsman of British Columbia
• Tracking the 'Living Book' - Doukhobor Song in Canada Since 1899 - by Robert B Klymasz
• Sons-Of-Freedom Songs in English - by F.M. Mealing
• The Lost Doukhobor Ledge  - by N.L. Barlee
• Canned Doukhobor Borsch?  - by Greg Nesteroff  
• Ozeroff Village (Grand Forks, BC)  - by SchoolNet Digital Collections
• Hardy Mountain Doukhobor Village Historic Site  - by The Land Conservancy
• Slocan Valley Co-operative  - by The British Columbia Institute for Co-operative Studies  
• Kirilovka Doukhobor Village Site  - by Western Heritage Services
• Doukhobor Barn  - by Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village Village
• Quakers & Doukhobors: Common Ground and Crossing Paths  - by Joan Lowe
• Origin of the CCUB Trust Fund  - by Larry A. Ewashen   
• Four Norms - One Culture: Doukhobor Russian in Canada  - by Gunter Schaarschmidt 
• Popular Myths or Fallacies About the Doukhobors  - by Koozma J. Tarasoff    
• Multiculturalism and the Rise of the New Spirit  - by Koozma J. Tarasoff   
• Doukhobors and the Media  - by Larry Ewashen   
• The Doukhobors  - by Jack Funk 
• Memories of Blaine Lake and Area - by Dr. Nicholas Zbitnoff   
• Doukhobors in Hilliers, British Columbia - by Richard de Candole
• Taking the Cure - by Christopher Shulgan   

News & Current Events

• Revisiting Lawlors Island - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff
• Russian Roots, An Odessey  - by Allan Markin   
• Heritage Village Acquires Doukhobor Elevator - Kamsack Times
• More Doukhobors Move from Georgia to Russia  - by Koozma J. Tarasoff
• Last Days of the Georgian Doukhobors?  - by Mark Grigorian
• Spirit Wrestlers of Southern Russia - by Maria Kolesnikova   
• Heritage Site Closer to Permanent Protection - The Land Conservancy
• Georgia: The Last Collective Farm - by Olesya Vartanian 
• Doukhobors in Georgia - by Hedvig Lohm 
• Columbia River Corridor - Doukhobor Culture & Heritage Plan - by Jayme Hadikin 
• Oospenia Spring Commemorates Doukhobor Pioneers - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff  
• New Designation Recognizes National Historic Significance of Doukhobors - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff 
• Blahoslovenie Creek Commemorates Kylemore Doukhobors - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff 
• Doukhobors Featured at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff 
• Good Spirit Lake Annex - Historical Tour - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff 
• Doukhobor Dugout House Unveils Monument Commemorating Oospenia Spring - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff 
• A Fading Minority: The Doukhobors' Continued Struggle for Survival - by Hedvig Lohm & Ilha Chkhutishvili 
• Georgian Doukhobors Relocate to Tambov, Russia - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff   
• New Book Traces History of Langham, Saskatchewan and District - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff 
• Student Seeks Participants from Across Canada to Broaden Research - by Sonya White 
• The Doukhobors of Georgia (Photo Gallery) - by Agnes Montanari 
• Peace Dividend - by Alfred Kueppers  
• New Russian Book Chronicles the Doukhobors - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff 
• More Georgian Doukhobors Move to Tambov - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff    
• Blowin' in the Wind - by Mike Drew    
• The B.C. Pen's Graveyard Secrets - by Randy Shore   
• Doukhobor Prayers Keep Tradition Alive - by Graeme Morton    
• Two New Doukhobor Historical Designations - by Larry Ewashen 
• The Doukhobors in Malyi Snezhetok - by Evgeny Pisarev    
• New Book Explores Lawlor's Island Quarantine Station - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff    
• Doukhobor Prayer Home Featured in 'Edifice & Us' Documentary Series - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff   
• Spring Name Commemorates Doukhobors of Petrofka - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff    
• Doukhobors Featured at Canadian Council of Archives National Conference - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff    
• Doukhobor Place Names Database Renamed 'The Doukhobor Gazetteer' - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff    
• Doukhobor Collection of James Mavor Available Online - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff    
• Doukhobors Featured in '100 Saskatchewan Stories' Documentary Series - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff    
• Kylemore Historic Doukhobor Tour - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff    
• Library and Archives Canada & Doukhobor Genealogy Website Announce Partnership - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff 
• Pond Name Celebrates Buchanan's History and Development, Doukhobor Heritage - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff    
• Day-trip to Piers Island: Reminiscing About the Penitentiary, 1932-1935 - by Gunter Schaarschmidt    
• Heritage Architecture Excellence Award Bestowed to Prayer Home at Veregin, SK - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff 
• Mikhailovka Doukhobors Commemorated by Spring Naming - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff  NEW!

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