Doukhobor Stories & Articles

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 NEW!
Long Lost Drazdoffs - by Nola Drazdoff NEW!
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 NEW!
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 NEW!
Doukhobor Interfaith Relations in South Ukraine, Late 18th & Early 19th Century - by Anastasia Buchna
Several Characteristics of Doukhobor Society, 1805 - translated by Robert Pinkerton NEW!
A Visit to the Dukhobortsy on the Sea of Azov in 1816 - by Robert Pinkerton
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 NEW!
Ivan G. Samarin: The Great Molokan Communicator - by the Molokan Review
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
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
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
Visit to the Doukhobors, 1902 - Manitoba Morning Free Press
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
Early Doukhobor Experience on the Canadian Prairies - by Jeremy Adelman
The Doukhobor Homestead Crisis, 1898-1907 - Kathlyn Szalasznyj NEW!
The Mounted Police and the Doukhobors in Saskatchewan, 1899-1909 - by Carl Betke NEW!
The Doukhobor Brickyard at Yorkton, Saskatchewan - by Debra Pinkerton
The Doukhobor Brickyard at Thunderhill, Saskatchewan - by Ed Dobbyn and Gwen Palmer
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 NEW!
Doukhobors in the Boundary - by Vera Novokshonoff, Lucy Reibin & Marion Obedkoff
Shining Waters: Doukhobors in the Castlegar Area - by Vi Plotnikoff
Brilliant History - Fading Into Obscurity - by William M. Rozinkin NEW!
The Mysterious Death of Peter Verigin - by Larry Hannant
Memories of Orchards and Raspberries at Raspberry Village, British Columbia - by William M. Rozinkin NEW!
Spencer Area or 'Ubezhishche', British Columbia - by Mike Zibin NEW!
Early Memories of Hills, British Columbia - by George P. Markin NEW!
(Re)Reading BC's Doukhobor Cultural Landscape - by Carl J. Tracie NEW!
A Roundtrip to the Homeland: Doukhobor Remigration to Soviet Russia in the 1920s - by Vadim Kukushkin
The Doukhobors' Place in Canadian History - by Andrei Bondoreff
Doukhobor Memorial Stone from the Village of Bogdanovka - by Alexander A. Chukhraenko
The Mystery of Terpenie's Buried Treasure - by Alexander A. Chukhraenko NEW!

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 NEW!
Autobiography - by Simeon F. Reibin
Childhood Memories - Alexey I. Popov NEW!
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
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
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
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
Religion and Tradition in the Cultural Landscapes of the Doukhobors in Saskatchewan - by Carl J. Tracie NEW!
Family Names in British Columbia Doukhobor Settlements, 1930s-1950s - by Mike W. Popoff NEW!
The Colony: Anastasia's Village, Shouldice, Alberta - by William Anatooskin NEW!
The (Almost) Quiet Revolution: Doukhobor Schooling in Saskatchewan - by John Lyons
Forced Doukhobor Schooling in British Columbia - by William Janzen 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
Novo-Spasskoe - A Doukhobor Village - by Sonya Stepankin
The Pavlovtsy - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff
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!
New Israel: Transformation of a Branch of Russian Religious Dissent - by Sergey Petrov NEW!
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
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
The Doukhobors - by Jack Funk
Memories of Blaine Lake and Area - by Dr. Nicholas Zbitnoff NEW!
Doukhobors in Hilliers, British Columbia - by Richard de Candole NEW!

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 NEW!
The Doukhobors in Malyi Snezhetok - by Evgeny Pisarev NEW!
New Book Explores Lawlor's Island Quarantine Station - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff NEW!
Doukhobor Prayer Home Featured in 'Edifice & Us' Documentary Series - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff NEW!
Spring Name Commemorates Doukhobors of Petrofka - by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff NEW!