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May 9

The Empire in Practice: Russian Settlers, the Peoples of South Caucasia, and the Structures of Tsarist Governance
by Dr. Breyfogle, Columbia University conference, April 24, 2008
May 9

In Spirit and Life: Maksim Rudometkin and the Messianic World of the Molokan Jumpers (Pryguny)
by Dr. Breyfogle, Ohio State University conference, May 18, 2008
May 9

Молокане вступили в Международную ассоциацию религиозной свободы — 27 Сентября, 2007
Molokans joined the International Religious Liberty Association — September 27, 2007
May 8

Wren's Patch: Molokan tomato growers from Manjimup, West Australia — Spice Magazine, March 2008
May 5

Проблемы этнокофессиональных групп духоборцев и молокан, 1998 г.
Problems with the Dukhobor and Molokan Ethno-Denominational Groups, 1998.
May 2
May 4
Последний из молокан: Путешествие в Астрахановку — Новости Азербайджан, 7/3/2007
Last of the Molokans: A trip to Astrakhanovka — Azerbaidzhan-News, March 7, 2007
May 1
May 2
Update: Aerial photo of Baku Molokan cemetery shows 10-15 acres destroyed by new highway, houses.
Apr 24
May 4 Государство и Церковь в России: Православие по-кремлёвски? — Нью-Йорк Таймс, 22 Апрель 2008 г.
At Expense of All Others, Putin Picks a Church — New York Times, April 24, 2008
Apr 15

Последние из молокан: Русская духовная община в Армении переживает упадок — 4 декабря 2007 г.
The Last of the Molokans: The Russian spiritual community in Armenia survives a decline — December 4, 2007
Apr 8

Molokan Soldier Enlisted in WWI Canadian Expeditionary Force — William Halopoff, born 1886
Apr 3

Russian farmers arrive in Chino Valley (Arizona) — by Nancy Burgess, Sharlot Hall Museum, January 7, 2001
Mar 29
Apr 1
Doukhobor Prayer Home at Veregin, Saskatchewan Featured in Edifice & Us Documentary Series — video added
Mar 26

The Apocalyptic Rhetoric of Peace among the Russian Spiritual Christian Jumpers, 1911-1919
Lecture by Dr. J. Eugene Clay, ASU Professor of Religious Studies. April 11, 2008, Tempe, Arizona
Mar 18

Tolstoy helps Molokans from Samara, 1897 — Excerpts from Journal
Mar 14
Mar 19
NEW BOOK March 2008: Leo Tolstoy and Russian peasant sectarian writers: selected correspondence
by The Slavic Research Group. — Wholesale orders at half price.
Mar 12
Mar 25
New York Times corrects error: Molokans "are not Russian Old Believers"
Mar 2

Tambov Doukhobors on Russian TV — Feb 27, 2008 (Russian, translated script)
Feb 23

Страна Духобория (Land of Dukhoboriya) — Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, 152 pages, 2007.
Read review and download free Russian language book.
Feb 23

A Scattering of Seeds: Wrestling With The Spirit: A Doukhobor Story, 2000 — See 23 min. film at SCN TV, Saskatchewan
Feb 13

The formation and contestation of Molokan identities and communities: the Australian experience.
Univ. of Western Australia, MA Thesis, Paulina Matvei Slivkoff, BA Sociology 2006. 365 pages 46 images 13 PDF files
Feb 13
Online Bookreviews, by Louis M. Waddell — Review of Breyfogle's Heretics and Colonizers
Feb 12

Russian Colonists Going to Mexico: Molokanes on the Move, Los Angeles Times, August 23, 1907, page II3
Also see: Molokans in Mexico.
Feb 12

Molokans — "The Happy Wonderer" Blog, WordPress.com, by Ellen Bayles.— 7 Russian recipes, 75 photos
Feb 3

Photos of 3 Molokan Buildings in Blagoveshchensk [Amur province], Russia — Added: 3 images of prayer house
Jan 24

A hidden city under snow (Kars, Turkey) — Turkish Daily News — January 7, 2008
Jan 23

RUSSIA: Building places of worship in Moscow still a struggle — Forum 18 News Service, 3 December 2007
Also see: Moscow Mayor Cheats Molokan Church — Posted July 14, 2006
Jan 23

Is Kosher Food Really Safer? — Kosher Today Magazine, January 22, 2008
Jan 23
Feb 11
Uzaktaki yakınlarımız, sόt iηici Molokanlar — Kilisesiz Hıristiyanlar: Molokanlar
Turkish: The milk-drinking Molokans are far yet near — Molokans are Christian believers
(Photo is of a girl in Kochubeevskoe village, Stavropol territory, Russian Federation.)
Susuz Neresidir? — Turkish: Where is Susuz? [Text mentions Molokans with 5 photos, map.]
Atηılar Haberler — Turkish: Atchilar News, Malakanlar — Turkish: The Molokans
Sόrgόn Bir Hikayenin Masum Kahramanları: MALAKANLAR — Ηare Olgun ΗALIŞKAN, Ocak 2008
Turkish: The story of the banishment of the innocent and brave: Molokans — January 2008
Linked from: Molokans and Jumpers in Kars, Turkey
 2008  ^
Dec 23

Shinen-Valoff Family Pedigree Chart — 5 generations back to 1841 by Louis Walter Shinen, Jr.
Dec 19

The Molokan Arrival in Manitoba, 1905 — Manitoba Free Press, 1905 (Canada)
"A Strange People Reach the West" (July 5, 1905), and "Welcome Molokans" (July 6, 1905).
Preface and Postscript by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff. Molokan-Jumper photos from New York Public Library.
Nov 29
Nov 30
RUSSIA: Will Moscow mayor help Molokans? — By Geraldine Fagan, Forum 18 News Service, Nov 29, 2007
Комрютер первод: РОССИЯ: Поможет ли мэр Москвы молоканам? — 29-го ноябрь 2007
Also see: Moscow Mayor Cheats Molokan Church — Posted July 14, 2006
Nov 24

Russian Genealogy, and Digging up your Russian Roots
Two articles edited to show information most useful for Molokan genealogy.
Nov 21

Malakanlar KISA FİLMİ — PolitiKARS.com, Nov 20, 2007
Documentary film about Molokans in Kars, Turkey, shown at an international film festival in Ankara, Turkey.
Nov 5
Nov 21
Half of Jews are not kosher — Kosher Today Magazine, Nov 19, 2007 — Added
Non-Jews are 75% of kosher customers — Kosher Today Magazine, Nov 13, 2007
21% of Americans spend $10.5 billion on kosher products — Kosher Today Magazine, Nov 5, 2007
Oct 24
Oct 28
California Fires — Пожары в Калифорнии — All churches safe. San Marcos church near fire, area evacuated.
Oct 15

По Следам Молоканства (история, факты, проповеди, полемика, обсуждение, фотоие...)
Новое вебсайте пресбытер Виктор Тикунов также опубликовывает "Млечный Путь"
Machine translated: On the Trail of Molokanism (history, facts, sermons, controversy, discussion, photos...)
A new website by presbyter Viktor Tikunov who also publishes "The Milky Way" (machine translated)
Oct 8

921 Kosher certifications world-wide — Kosher Today Magazine, October 8, 2007
Sept 26

ARMENIA: 82 religious prisoners of conscience is new record, By Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service
Pavel Karavanov was freed from prison in summer 2006. — Published 26 September 2007
Sept 18
Dec 7
На Ставрополье прошел град на 10 миллионов рублей — The Tape.RU (Lenta.RU), Sept 9, 2007
Translated: 3000+ homes damaged by hail in Stavropol' area, cost $4+ million
No news about Molokan homes being damaged, but local TV news shows large hail and extensive damages.
Sept 4
May 1, '08
Baku Molokan Cemetery destroyed! — Roads, houses built on Molokan graves
Перевод: Разрушение кладбища молокан в Бakу — дороги и дома строятся над могилами молокан
Sept 3

Getting to Know Mexican Wine and Russian History, “Vino-Tourism” by Steve Dryden, MexiData.info, Aug 20, 2007
July 24

Russian religious community prospers in Azerbaijan — Russia Today, July 21, 2007
July 24
Oct 8 Georgian Doukhobors Relocate to Tambov, Russia — Iskra, Sept. 3, 2007, pp. 37-8, Doukhobor Genealogy Website
50 духоборов переселились из Грузии в Тамбовскую область — REGNUM News, July 2007
Dukhobors Residing In Samtskhe-Javakheti Region Leaving Georgia — Prime-News, Sept 22, 2007
July 6

One of the last Molokans in Turkey died (News in Turkish)
Jun 6
Sept 18 $1000 needed for Armenian Molokan Directory
May 12 Sept 18 Molokan-Jumper girl jailed as illegal immigrant: Tatiana Grigoryeva seeks asylum. Donate to legal fund.
Wedding set for Sept 23, Gervais, Oregon.
Jun 6

Фильм о молокане в Азербайджане: «На злачных пажитях», Баку 2006
Film about Azerbaidjan Molokans: "In Green Pastures", Baku, Azerbaidjan, 2006
Jun 3

Survey of 23 Published Films on the Doukhobors — by Koozma J. Tarasoff, March 10, 2007
Jun 2
Oct 24
Molokans in Mexico: Guadalupe Valley — Spanish links added
May 28
Google Book Search — molokans finds about 576 books, молокане 575, molokan 345, молокан 571, molokane 167,
molokani 189, molokanye 21, pryguny 25, pryguni 5, skakuny 41,  maksimisty 2, максимисты 9, judaizer heresy 19,
subbotniki sect 40, doukhobors 401, doukhobor 305, dukhobors 589, dukhobor 246, dukhobory 35, khlysty 339, khlysti 71
Click on "More results from this book"and "Index" to find page numbers. Google Account needed to view some pages.
WorldCat libraries:  molokans 89, molokan 52, molokane 7 — Amazon.com: molokans 48, molokane 42, doukhobor(s) 48 
May 27 May 28 Doukhobor Exile to the Causacus, 1841-1845 — Plus other good maps
Molokans and Jumpers followed this and other routes to all parts of the Caucasus.
30 NEW pages at the Doukhobor Genealogy Website — including Molokans
May 26
908 Russian Sectarian Cemetery Tombstone Transcriptions — Colma, San Mateo County, California
By Nancy Poppin-Posey, 2006  — See photos of 87 grave markers at Find-A-Grave
May 26
May 30 is last chance for Molokan Summer 2007 Genealogy Project
Search Kars, Yerevan, Baku Archives for relatives for fee — William Kisseloff-McCulloch
May 23
5 psalms sung by Molokan women from Azerbaijan (MP3). — Posted by Sergey Petrov, Univ. of Calgary, Canada
May 23
Из опыта изучения молокан Армении, К.И. Козлова.
Конкретные исследования современных религиозных верованийю. 1967. Ст. 119-128
"From experiences studying the Molokans of Armenia", by K.I. Kozlov.
Case studies of contemporary religious beliefs. 1967. — Posted by Sergey Petrov, Univ. of Calgary, Canada
May 22

"The Molokans", Chapter XLI, Through Siberia, by Henry Lansdell. 1882. Pages 528-530.
May 21
May 22
Announcements: — Added: Doukhobor Choir invition to free performances at Seattle Center
May 15

Molokan Old Cemetery, Charbakh, Yerevan, Armenia — 79 photos by Alexei Sandikov
Copied on Molokan Grave Markers by Bolderoff and Sandikov — Also see: Sandykov Family Tree
May 15

Blahoslovenie Creek Commemorates Kylemore Doukhobors — Doukhobor Genealogy Website, Jan 4, 2007
May 12 Jun 6
Molokan-Jumper girl jailed as illegal immigrant: Tatiana Grigoryeva in Arizona prison. Donate to legal fund.
May 10 May 16
Biegun/Begun Family Name Origins, by Tatiana Begunoff, Ancestry.com. 6 Sept. 2000
Can anyone say if Beguny helped create Pryguny?
May 10

The Populist-Revolutionaries and Their Stundist Utopia, by R. De Giorgi, Rome, Italy. 2000
May 8

Armenia: 72 religious prisoners of conscience is new record — Nikolai Karavanov (Maksimist) interviewed
By Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service, May 2, 2007 — See first article, photos: Desertion or Deception? Oct 28, 2005
Apr 24

California Tombstone Project: Sectarian Russian Molokan Church Cemetery, Kerman, Fresno County, California
By Dorothy Reinhart, Jan 31, 2007 — Alphabetical list of 253 markers and photos of each grave marker.
Apr 17
Molokan Grave Markers — 147 photos by George ("Ghrishka") Bolderoff and Alexei Sandikov
California (Delano, Kerman, Los Angeles, Shafter, Sheridan) and Armenia (Erevan)
Apr 16
Apr 17 Molokan Immigration Via Canada, by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff, Doukhobor Genealogy Website
Ship lists and records show ~ 200 immigrants: Buchnev, Bukharev, Cheremisin, Dvornin, Fadeev, Fetisov, Karetov,
Kholopov, Kudinov, Kulikov, Metchkov, Mokhov, Mokshanov, Molokanov, Morozov, Novikov, Planin, Pluzhnikov,
Prokhorov, Pudov, Samarin, Shchuchin, Shubin, Shvetsov, Slivkov, Sokhryakov, Treglazov, Voronin, Yunkin.
Apr 8 Apr 13
The Old Russian Sects. Christian religion in the Soviet Union: a sociological study.
By Christel Lane 1978. Pages 91-111 — Register to see book pages.
Socio-political Accomodation and Religious Decline: The Case of the Molokan Sect in Soviet Society.
By Christel Lane. Comparative Studies in Society and History. Vol. 17, No. 2. April 1975 Pages 221-237
Apr 8

Third Visit to Europe. Chapters 37 and 38. [Malakans, Duhobortzi, Menonites, Jews — May 1 to June 16, 1819]
Memoirs of the life and gospel labours of Stephen Grellet. by Stephen Grellet, Benjamin Seebohm, 1862.Pages 461-471.
Apr 8

Malakan Christians in Russia [Kars], by Mr. Dunmoro. The Missionary Magazine.
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, Volume IX, 1859. Pages 87-88
Apr 6
Apr 7 Announcements: — Added: Happy Easter! (from USCM), Easter Service location in Moscow
Apr 6

Bambir Rocks in Tchambarak. ArmYouth Blog  April 13, 2006 — Krasnoselsk (Karmir), Armenia
Apr 6

"Evangelistic Work in Southern Russia" by Rev. Benjamin Labarek.
The Gospel in All Lands, by Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Society. 1882. Page 263
Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, ... , by Isabella L Bird, 1891. Page 223.
Yacub Dilakoff, evangelist and Bible seller, forms 16 Stundist congregations among Crimea and Volga Molokans.
Apr 6

Slaven-Slavin-Slevin: Genelogy Exchange-One-Name Study Home : Molokan origin: Slavin
Apr 6

Molokan, Brainy Geography — listing Big Church, Arizona and LA cemeteries
Apr 6

"Alevis, Malakans, Namus" by Daniel Larison. January 15, 2007
Apr 6

Molokan from Russia, 1914 — The Old World in the New, by Edward Alsworth Ross
Apr 5
Russian Molokan, Your Price $916 — ABC Caskets Factory, Los Angeles
Apr 5

Molokans — "The Happy Wonderer" Blog, WordPress.com, by Ellen Bayles.
Apr 3
Apr 27
www.Subbotniki.net — Added items to: General Background, Armenia, and Poland
Apr 1

Всероссийское Генеалогическое Древо — ПОПОВА Анна Артёмовна (1919 г. - 1998 г.)
All Russia Family Tree — Anna Artemovna POPOV (1919-1998)
Mar  31
Сайт постоянных Духовных Христиан Молокан с. Кочубеевского
Website of the Constant Spiritual Christian Molokans, Kochubeevskoe, Stavropol', Russia (translated online)
89 photos of 200th Anniversary, Molokan Museum, Azerbaijan villages, 1905 prisoners and 5 US delegates
42 articles61 songs, Jumpers and Molokans in America, Forum (~250 posts) — Register to download some files.
Mar  31
Сандыковы Всех Стран, Объединяйтесь!!!
"Sandykovs in all countries, unite!" (translated online) — Genealogy and history of Shorzha (Nadezhdino), Armenia
Mar  31
Oldest picture of a Molokan: "presbyter Peter Alekseievich Semenov (1865)"
Mar  31 May 26
Молоканский сад, Самара, 1870-1970 — Molokan Orchard, Samara, 1870-1970
by Prof. George Vladimir. Bichurov and Associates, Samara State Technical University
Mar  31
1 октября. Этот день в истории — 1 October: This day in history
23 congregations of 4800 Molokans in Samara, 1925.
Mar  31
3,290 New Kosher Products in 2006, up from 211 in 2000
Kosher Today Magazine — January 8 & 16, 2007
Mar  31
Old Pictures of Family, and Family photos old. — 120 photos showing:
Berokoff, Galitzen, Gozdiff, Kissell(off), Kobzeff, Liege, Melosardoff, Metchikoff, Syapin
Mar  31

Мордовский Вавилон, в репортаже Алексея Громова, Первый канал — 24.07.2004
Mordovian Babylon, reported by Alexei Gromov, Russian TV Channel 1 — July 24, 2004
Mar  25

Announcements: — ERROR: Los Angeles Big Church not sold, but "For sale".
Added: New Romanovsky (Freeway) Church sold, moving to Whittier.
 2007  ^
Dec 22

Research Trip to Trans-Caucasian Archives, posted by William Kisseloff-McCulloch
2 Moscow scholars are taking orders for family records searches in the Caucasus with no guarantees.
Dec 16

«Хлеб» радости, «хлеб» печали, Николай Близнюк, Ставропольская правда, 27 февраля, 2004 г
"Bread" of Joy, "Bread" of Grief, by Nikolai Blizniuk, The Stavropol Truth, February, 27, 2004
Dec 14

History of the Khlyst Movement in Russia, 1850-2000
By Olga Dekhtevich, Moscow State Regional University. Religious Communities and Urban Communities, pages 116-125
Dec 11

У Русских молокан в Азербайджане, Евгений Степанов, Дневник Ст. 6, 1992
Among the Russian Molokans in Azerbaijan, by Evgenii Stepanov, Diary page 6, 1992
Dec 6

Holidays and Rituals of Doukhobors in the Caucasus, by Svetlana A. Inikova, Russian Academy of Sciences
Calendar of Doukhobor Holidays in the Caucasus, by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff
Compare with Holidays of Molokan / Jumper Sub-groups
Dec 6

Дилижан — русский след в истории, Лилит Чибухчян, Апага-Тур, 2006 год
Dilizhan is a Russian footprint in history, by Lilit Chibukhchian, Apaga-Tur, 2006
Nov 24
Dec 27
The First Russian Baptists, by Rick Barry, FrontLine Magazine, September/October 2002. Pages 9-10
In 1867 Georgia, Molokan Nikita Voronin "became the first known Russian to adopt the title 'Baptist'.”
Molokans who joined but refused water baptism were called "Dry Baptists"; a congregation exists in Tblisi, Georgia.
ADDED: Read much more about Molokan-Baptists in Breyfogle's PhD thesis.
Nov 18

Molokanes y el Vino Ruso en Guadalupe [Molokans and Russian Wine in Guadalupe]
By Elizabeth Vargas, Notices, Ensenada.net, August 13, 2005
Nov 18

Tόrkiyedeki Son Malakanlar (Molokans in Turkey)
Malakan Blog , October 27, 2006, 3 articles, 5 photos
Nov 17

Psalms or Peace, which way to our destiny?
Editorial by Lisa Poznikoff, Iskra, No. 1988, Nov. 1, 2006
Nov 17

Where do folk and popular cultures originate and diffuse?
Assignment by Tim Pudoff, Teacher, Santa Rosa Junior College, Fall 2006
Nov 17

Molokans, Stundists, and Pashkovites:
A Historical and Sociological Examination of the Baptist Schism in the Soviet Union

By Britt McClung, Baylor University, Waco, Texas — 8 December 1999
Nov 14

Refugees From Red Russia Settle In Wheatland Area
by Richard Strange, The Appeal Democrat (Marysville, California), Sept. 24, 1959
Transcribed by Nancy Poppin Posey, Nov. 5, 2006

Nov 14

"The Last of the Molokans", Последние из молокан (Russian), L'ultimo dei Molokan (Italian)
by Boris Kyufaryan, Iuzhnyi Kavkas (The Southern Caucasus), Caucasus Journalists Network, July 7, 2006
Oct 23

Molokan Cemeteries in Turkey Vandalized
Oct 17
Armenia: International Religious Freedom Report 2006. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. U.S. Dept. of State.
"There was no reliable census data ... congregants offered the following unconfirmed estimates: ... Molokan, an ethnically Russian
pacifist Christian group that split from the Russian Orthodox Church in the 17th century (5,000) ... some ... have not sought registration."

Oct 17
"On the Teachings and Rituals of the Molokan-Mormon Sect with Criticisms against Them"
by Orthodox Priest Khrisanf Rozhdestvenskiy, 1869. — In 1850s Samara, Molokan leader Ivan G. Kanygin
had Christian communist practices and a "community of wives", called Molokan-Mormons. Mentioned in
Crypto-Mormons or Pseudo-Mormons?, by Eliason and Browning, Western Folklore, Sum. 2002, Page 22.
— Also see excellent work by James Scott: Summary of Russian Mormon Research
Oct 17

Maxim Rudometkin definition in Wikipedia.com — Information tagged for cleanup since June 2006
Aug 28

Азербайджан исторически являлся образцом религиозной толерантности — 30.06.2006, ПРАВО выбора
Azerbaijan historically was a model of religious tolerance — June 30, 2006,  Right of Choice
Aug 28

Окно в Баку: Баку и немцы. 1890 и 1892 год.
Window to Baku: Baku and Germans. 1890 and 1892.
Aug 24

Oospenia Spring Commemorates Doukhobor Pioneers — August 23, 2006
Jul 28
Two Russian Molokan Agricultural Villages in the Intermountain West (PDF 691K) — Utah and Arizona
by Dr. Marshall E. Bowen, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, APCG Yearbook, Volume 68, 2006
Also see: Russian Colonists in the Utah Desert: Molokan Community in Utah
— 1914 to 1918
Jul 20
Ilham Aliyev guarantees equal rights to citizens — Molokans in Azerbaijan
By Sevindzh Abdulayeva, ITAR-TASS News Agency — July 21, 2005
Jul 20
The Return of the Molokans — Molokan refugees in Russia from Armenia
by Galina Koval’skaya,  New Times, Special Report. 1993. Pages 14-15.
Jul 16
Doukhobor Union of Youth Festival, May 20-21, 2006 — See 25 photos
"the best UYD Festival in 5 years" — First time: Order on DVD (3 hours), $16.84 USD.
Jul 7
~200 Molokan Marriage Records, 1906-1999, San Francisco Genealogy, submitted by Nancy Poppin-Posey
Jul 7
"The international diasporic community of Molokans" — .DOC, page 4
Masters thesis abstract by Paulina Slivkoff, Anthropology and Sociology, The University of Western Australia
Jul 7
“The Russian Molokan Spiritual Jumpers: The Impact of Pacifism on a Religious Movement” — .PDF, page 7
Abstract by Felisa Anne Meier. Honors Scholarship Presentedations. June 15, 6:30pm,
Cossentine Hall 102, La Sierra University, Riverside, California.

Jul 5

Photo: Congregation of First Russian Christian Molokan Church, 841 Carolina St., 1976
Jun 18
Jun 19
Выдержка: Н.И. Костомаров Автобиография — 1858 г. Саратов молокане, субботник
Excerpt: N.I. Kostomarov Autobiography — 1858 Saratov Molokans, Subbotnik
Jun 10
Jun 11
Transplanted Sakhaliner: Cheurniy Kleb [Black Bread] in Baja, Mexico — The Sakhalin Times — August 24, 2005
Russians from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk invited to live with Molokans in Mexico, "the only piece of the 'good old Russia' on earth".
Jun 3
Jun 14
Announcements: — Added: Jumpers, relocated from Armenia to Uruguay last year, want to return home.
Jun 2
Jun 10
"Words echo after a brief speech" — Paul Wm. Orloff speaks at Southern California immigration rally
By Yvette Cabrera, The Orange County Register — May 9, 2006 — Updated: photos, links, comment
Jun 2

Unutulmuş bir tarihin yitik insanları / The Lost People of a Forgotten History — Molokans in Kars, Turkey
by A. Φmer Tόrkeş, Free POLITICS, Sept. 2004 — Reviews of 3 books by Erkan Karagφz, translated by Forrest McMunn.
May 30
Household cleaners and air fresheners emit toxic pollutants — May news releases of 4-year study
Research led by William Nazaroff  PhD, Professor of Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Read much more about Dr. Nazaroffs work. [Parents: William George Nazaroff and Barbara Wm. Alex Shubin]

Jul 2005 May 30 USCM Center in Kochubeevskoe, Stavropol'skii krai, Russian Federation — Added: 13 photos, 2 maps
May 27 Jul 3
Doukhobor Cultural Bridgebuilding Project — Tour across Canada with Tarasoff, 144 photos
May 27
Doukhobor Genealogy Website — 10 new lists. US 1900-1998 census, birth, death, military — 9 new articles
741 born in California  1905 to 1995.   51 died in Oregon  1903 to 1998.   108+ cemetery / burial sites in Canada
12 US draft registrations in WWI.   30 US enlistments in WWII.
May 23
Пасха по-молокански / Easter the Molokan Way — by M. Mursalova, EKHO — April 29, 2006
May 8

April 6, 1924: Death of Ivan Prokhanov, One of the Milk People.
Christian History Institute. "Ivan Prokhanov died in exile for spreading the gospel."
May 8

Молокансое Обозрениe / The Molokan Review, August 1947 (Large: 3,850K PDF)
Dogma on page 4 were translated and updated.

Scan thanks to Jon Kalmakoff, Doukhobor Genealogy and Origin and Meaning of Molokan Surnames.
Apr 26
Apr 27 “The Molokans: Rights within and outside the community” (PDF file) by Shavarsh Khachatrian
Ditord/Observer, Human Rights in Armenia, Yerevan, 2005 Pages 12-16 — More: Molokans and Jumpers  in Armenia
Apr 2
Apr 3
Духовное наследие, Екклесиаст, No 6 (91) 2004 — Spiritual Heritage, All-Russsian Newspaper: Ecclesiastes
Grandfather and Presbyter Vasiliy Semenovich Trushchelev
Mar 29
Apr 21 Molokans and Jumpers in Kars, Turkey — 9 sections indexed, 1 added
Mar 27

Pictures of Gravestones, Sheridan, CA by George "Ghrishak" Bolderoff, 13 Jul 2005
50 graves listed with 23 surnames: Agapoff, Baradine, Bibayoff, Bitnoff, Bogdanoff, Bogdonoff, Burchard, Carloff, Damjanovic,
Fetesoff, Klistoff, Korboff, Loscutoff,
Marks, Popin, Popoff, Preston, Roudenko, Samaduroff, Samoduroff, Sohrakoff, Susoeff, Zyss
Mar 26
Mar 27 3 presentations about Subbotniki and Molokans at International Conference in London
"Ethnic and Religious Communities in the Caucasus", Warburg Institute, London — 27-28 March 2006
Mar 24
Book Review: A Molokan's Search for Truth: The Correspondence of Leo Tolstoy and Fedor Zheltov
by Dr. Joyce Story — Canadian Slavonic Papers,  Jun-Sep 2001
Mar 18

Heaven and Earth — ArmeniaNow: photo and interview with Pavel and Nikolai Karabanov.
Pavel has been in jail since August 22 for protesting CO conditions. Learn  more from earlier articles.
Mar 15
Nov 17 Photos of Molokans/Jumpers/Maksimisty in Armenia and Georgia (1870s, 1999-2001, 2005)
PatkerPhoto (156 photos)  —  FotoFinder.net (75) — Ann Doherty Photos (1) Fioletovo 2001
New York Public Library Digital Gallery (1) 1870s: Molokan wagon — PhotoShare (3) 2005
HETQ: "Lermontovo" by Ani Tager(10) — Flickr (1) 2005
— Russian Americans (1) 5 girls in Mexico 1947  Added: Flickr(1) 2006
Mar 11

One Ethnic Group in Kars: Molokan Social Structure
Book by Dr. Turkdoghan. Turkey  2005, first published in 1970.
Mar 5
Apr 22
Bird Flu Threatens Russian Molokans and Jumpers / Maksimists
Chicken safe to eat if cooked to 165 degress F. (70 C.)  Outbreak in South Russia contained
5 kids died in Azerbaidjan, 14 may be infected. 184 infected, 103 died in 8 countries since 2003.

1.3 million birds died or culled. People afraid to eat poultry, eggs as prices drop.  50% of farm poultry lost.
30,000 birds died in 24 hrs in Krasnodar. 20 Russian regions infected. 8 million chickens vaccinated.

Feb 23

Strange Bedfellows: The Bolshevik-Molokanye Relationship (PDF) — "molokan" 26 times on 13 pages
By Jesse Adkins, PhD candidate, Department of History, University of Arkansas, April 2005
See his photos and story about life in Russia: "Study Abroad", PERSPECTIVES, Spring 2005, pages 1-2.
Paper presented as: "‘The Paradox of the ‘Milkdrinkers’:  Orthodoxy, Sectarianism, and Bolshevik Religious Policy’,
at the Provisional Programme, I Conference of the Study Group on the Russian Revolution, 10 April 2005

Feb 22

ARMENIA: Nearly 50 Jehovah's Witness and Molokan [Maksimist] prisoners of conscience
By Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service, Oslo, Norway — Also see: Desertion or Deception?:
Feb 15
Apr 27
Announcements —  Added: Russian military reduced to 1 year in 2008, but deferments abolished.
Added: Peter & Olga Shubin (+ 2 daughters) from Stavropol', to be guests near Adelaide, Australia..
Feb 13

Religious Policy in the Soviet Union, page 356 — Estimate 10,000 Molokans in Russia in 1990
Russia Under the Hammer and Sickle,1927, page 58 — Estimate 2 million Molokans in Russia in 2003
Feb 13

Images of America: Los Angeles's Boyle Heights, book by Japanese American National Museum
From 2002 exhibit showing 45 items about American Molokan-Jumpers
Feb 5

The international diasporic community of Molokans, by Paulina Slivkoff [father: Matvei Baghdanov, Oregon]
Masters Thesis, Anthropology and Sociology, University of Western Australia

Feb 5

Bush Believers — The Molokans of Western Australia
Fred [Al] Wren: Practising Molokan, Bunbury, Western Australia — Bush Telegraph Summary — June 10, 2003
Sep 1998
Feb 3 Were Molokans the first