The History of Caucasian Molokans and Doukhobors

by Ivan Semyonov, 2001 Erevan, Armenia
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Table of Contents

Page

Introduction
3

From the Author
5
I.  Religious free-thinkers and rationalizm in the Russia period before the appearance of Molokanism and Dukhoborism
10
II. 
The formation of Molokanism in in the borad religious movement of russian peasants
18
III. 
Molokans in the transcaucasus
30
IV.
Molokans in Russia
56
V.
Molokans in America [Notes and Errors: He reports 25,000 intended to migrate to America, but about 2,500 actually migrated, including a high faction of Jumpers. He combined Southern and Baja California as "Lower California" containing both Guadalupe and Los Angeles. He cites the 1947 Dukh i Zhizn, page 767. Does this exist? He misses Central California communities. He correctly states that American Molokans and jumpers dress as and speak a dialect of peasant Russia 100 years ago, not modern Russian, and have much difficulty reading and writing Russian. He gives American Molokans and Jumpers credit for trying to keep their customs and faith alive, and for giving financial aid to Molokans around the word.]
68
VI.
Organizing religious communities, the basis of customs and traditions of moderm Molokans
74
VII.
Dukhobors
79

Life of Filipp Mikhailovich Shubin [Helped lead migration to America.]
101

Personal diary of Filipp Mikhailovich Shubin [from the USA 1923]
103

References ["list of utilized literature"] [21 listed]
119

Table of Contents [Russians place this at the end of books.]
121


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