Kars Area Spiritual Christians

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1939 Photos from Al Serguiff's journey from Los Angeles to find relatives.

A main street in Kars, Youth Group, Older Group, Wedding, House, Beehives, Samovars.


1960's Pictures from Turkdogan's Ph.D. Thesis Book
See the Spiritual Christian Molokan Heritage Collection, Volume II: Spiritual Christians in TurkeyThis book was republished in 2005.

Maps:  Kars (large),   Achilar (large),  Yalinchayir (large)

Photos:  Achilar street, Bricks, Cemetary, Church, Coats, Elder, House, School, Spindle, Wagon, Wedding, Woolcomb


1987 Photos by Anne (Tolmasoff) Strubar and daughter Rose, from Oregon.
With memories of her grandfather's descriptions of their family's life and history in Kars oblast, Up the hill, west of Kars city, in the former village of Chalkavur (now joined with Chakmak village), Anne was able to find his house, great-grandfather's orchard (surrounded by a stone wall he built), and many sites she recognized from his stories. These photos are form their scrapbook of that trip and from Rose's return trip in 1989. Rose was working in Turkey with a religious organization. Anne came to visit Rose and together they visit the Kars area.

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Spiritual Christians in Kars, Turkey
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