Peter Verigin's tomb is located near the historically Doukhobor village of Brilliant (Credit: Brendan Sainsbury) The fascinating but little-documented story of the Doukhobors, a pacifist religious ...

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Tucked into the green valleys of southeast British Columbia, a handful of century-old brick houses are mute witness to an old way of life. Once these were home to Doukhobors, Christian pacifists who ...

Peter Verigin, leader of the Doukhobors, arrived in the Yorkton area in late 1902, following a wave of some 7,500 settlers who had arrived from Russia in 1899. Emerging as the recognized leader of the ...

In the 19th century, the Doukhobors in southern Russia were labeled “people of the 25th century” by writer Leo Tolstoy. In the 21st century, however, these religious dissidents struggle to preserve ...

The Doukhobors have been in Canada for thirty-five years, but their history can be traced back to the early eighteenth century when they were a mystical sect rebelling against the Russian church. At ...

GORELOVKA, Georgia (AP) — A 10-year-old boy proudly stands beside his father and listens to the monotone chanting of elderly women clad in embroidered headscarves and long colorful skirts. It is ...

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The fascinating but little-documented story of the Doukhobors, a pacifist religious sect who fled persecution in Russia to undertake one of the largest migrations in Canadian history. High on a bluff ...