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Doukhobors Endure Canadian Scrutiny to Build a New Home
A Canadian interior department report defends the Doukhobors as productive settlers in Saskatchewan and Assiniboia. It details their history from Russia, exile, and emigration, and notes their peaceful, communal, religion-driven life. Peter Verigin leads a resilient, thriving community with land, mills, and planned rail links amid past clashes over oaths and land use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anada
Canadian Interior Department
Universal Brotherhood
West- Canada
Dominion
Canada
Atlantic
Saskatchewan
Baoun
Russia
Or Northwest
Kiev
Tussia
Alexander II
Georgia
Caucasus
Pervite
Tolstoy
Society of Prignds
England
Assiniboia
Wheat Belt
Yorkton
Edward
Edward VII
Father Verigin
Peter Verigin
Siberia
William Lloyd Garrison
Boston
Garrison
United States
Verigin
Iman