TERPENIA - First known skethch of a Doukhobor Village Russia

SEMINAL DATES OF DOUKHOBOR HISTORY 

1631: Danillo Filippov, hermit and cave dweller, proclaims that God lives in all, external props such as priests, bibles, churches are not necessary. Peasants vote with their feet and various groups coalesce, among them the Doukhobors. www.larrysdesk.com/short-history-of-the-doukhobors.html

Russian Village

1652: Patriarch Nikon's reforms in the Russian Orthodox Church lead to a major split. The  Old Believers clung to the old ways. The second split was the bespopovtsi [priestless], Doukhobors may stem from this or possibly emerged previously independent of this split. www.churchofthenativity.net/old-rite/history

Young Doukhobors in Russia

1730: Cases of heresy emerge in the southern Crimea. A rationalistic philosophy arises stating that all men women are created equal; the law of God forbids the taking of life of another human being. www.larrysdesk.com/ideology.html

Armed Conflict in Russia

 
1734: A decree is issued against a group called Iconabors.  issuu.com/adrianpsy/docs/elfers_peace_social_justice_and_the

Historical Records

 
1750-1775: Sylvan Kolesnikov from Ekaterinoslav province appears as the first known Doukhobor leader. He adopts the views of the unknown wanderer who proclaimed pacifism and opposition to official spiritualism and to ikon worship. Kolesnikov argues that externalities have no significance; Doukhobors may conform to any ceremonies they wish, survival technique). He introduces the use of bread, salt and water as symbols of basic human needs. www.larrysdesk.com/doukhobors-and-the-bible.html

Doukhobor sobranie in Russia

1785: Archbishop Amvrosii Serebrennikov derisively labels this group ‘Doukhobors’, Spirit Wrestlers, fighting against the holy ghost. They accept the name, 'we fight with the spirit of God within us'. www.jstor.org/stable/1507313?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

Archbishop Amvrosii Serebrennikov

Doukhobors in Russia

1826: Czar Nicholas 1 [1825-1855] forces assimilation of minorities through harsh repression and conscription. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_I_of_Russia#Minorities_under_Nicholas_I

Leo Tolstoy at his school

1828: Leo Tolstoy, benefactor of the Doukhobors, born at Yasnaya Polyana www.larrysdesk.com/tolstoy-speaks-essencetolstoy-verigin-dialoguetolstoy-and-ds-fraser-u.html

1859: Peter V. Verigin born in Slavanka www.larrysdesk.com/peter-lordly-verigin-an-appreciation.html

V. Gubonov painting

1886: Lukeria Kalmakova, successful leader in the Caucasis, dies. www.larrysdesk.com/the-role-of-doukhobor-women.html 
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Peter V. Verigin 1859-1924

1894: Leadership contenders bribe officials and Peter V. Verigin is banished to Siberian exile:
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1894: Tolstoy meets with Peter V. Verigin supporters in Moscow 

Matvey Lebedov grave, SK

1895 - Matvey Lebedev refuses military drill.

Arms Burning by Terry McLean

​1895 - The Burning of Arms takes place at midnight in the Caucasus : www.larrysdesk.com/peters-day.html

Shipboard to Canada

1895 - Pavel I. Biryukov investigates Doukhobor persecution on behalf of Tolstoy : www.larrysdesk.com/victoriaolivermigration-sk-bc.html

Czar Nicholas II also known as 'Nicholas the Bloody' for his harsh repressions.

1897 - Doukhobors granted permission to emigrate.

This reprint cover by Bill Perehudoff.

1898 - PomignitI! [Help! published in Russia, other world wide publications create a ground swell of sympathy for Doukhobor aid & migration: www.larrysdesk.com/peter-v-verigin--migration-commemoration.html
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Blessing before battle

​1898 - Order-in Council exempts Doukhobors from military service: clearing the way for immigration. www.larrysdesk.com/oath--bc-move-verigins-watch-gmo-speech-tolstoy-quote.html
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1898 - Doukhobor party arrives In Canada to view suitable lands: www.larrysdesk.com/sklandseizure.html

1898 Unsuccessful attempt to esablish a commune in Cyprus.
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1899 - With basic assurances in place, a committee is formed to make arrangement for the largest single migration in hiatory. [Burokoff center] 

1899 - The first of 7500 Doukhobors arrive on the S.S. Lake Huron which lands at Halifax. 
1899 - The second ship, the S. S. Lake Superior arrives at St. John,     New  Brunswick.
1899 -The S.S. Lake Superior arrives in Quebec City with Doukhobors from   Cyprus.

1900 - This remarkable event gave rise to some absurd speculations, some by the D’s themselves. One such theory offered the speculation that Queen Victoria gave ‘permission’ for the D’s to inhabit Canada, and gave exemption from military service for one hundred years.
More: www.larrysdesk.com/victoriaolivermigration-sk-bc.html

1901 - Canadian government serves notice that Doukhobors now require individual homestead entry. Although the Doukhobors arrived with a guarantee of ‘land in a bloc’, and control of internal affairs, the government exerted presure for individual registration from the very beginning.
www.larrysdesk.com/sklandseizure.html

1908 - These pressures and the oath requirement in particular result in a decision of giving up their hard earned land and migrate to British Columbia.
www.larrysdesk.com/oath--bc-move-verigins-watch-gmo-speech-tolstoy-quote.html

This resulted in the largest land rush in Canadian history.

2008 - KDHS annual General Meeting and the public opening celebration of the Doukhobor Discovery Centre noting two important HSMBC designations, Peter V. Verigin is named as a person of National Distinction and the migration of the Doukhobors from SK to BC an event of National importance.
www.larrysdesk.com/peter-v-verigin--migration-commemoration.html

 

1917 - In BC the Doukhobors formed the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood.
www.larrysdesk.com/christian-community-of-universal-brotherhood.html

Typical ordhard in Ootishenia

For more inormation on early settlement, see: www.larrysdesk.com/helen-verigin-interviews.html

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1913 - The Doukhobors did much major construction, including the famous Doukhobor Suspension Bridge. www.larrysdesk.com/the-making-of-the-doukhobor-suspension-bridge.html

Opening in 1913

1924 - Peter V. 'Lordly' Verigin killed in msyerious train explosion:
​www.larrysdesk.com/who-killed-peter.html  

1924 - Over 7,000 attend the funeral of Peter V 'Lordly' Verigin.

1925 - Anastasia Golubova, devoted wife of Peter V. Verigin, is rejected as spiritual leader of the Doukhobors and establishes  a settlement near Arrowwood, Alberta which lasteduntil1945. www.larrysdesk.com/alberta-ccubshouldice-archive.html
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1926 - after Peter's death the CCUB entered a period of decline and financial difficulties: www.larrysdesk.com/hawthornereport.html

Present Day - Doukhobor membership is in continuing decline in all societies and many communenity centres and societies are dissolved: www.larrysdesk.com/cds-foldsmemoir-published-sunflower.html
www.larrysdesk.com/creston-doukhobor-hall.html​
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