Molokan and Jumper Photo Exhibit, Istanbul, Turkey
"malakanlar" fotograf sergisi, Yükleyen: gokmen36, 03 Kasım 2008 — Introduction [Turkish]Photo exhibit of Molokans and Jumpers, 8 images posted by Gokmen, November 3, 2008. — Exhibit shown Oct 24 - Nov 4, 2008 at the Tütün Deposu (Tobacco Depot, a warehouse bought by Anadolu Kültür and converted in 2007 for art shows); address: Lüleci Hendek Caddesi (Avenue) No:12, Tophane, Istanbul. See similiar exhibit: "Molokans, The Forgotten Culture of Peace", shown in Kars, Oct.-Nov. 2008. — Anadolu Kültür also helped fund the Kars Arts Center to promote the heritage of the Caucasus. — Click on images below to enlarge.
Poster ad shows dove with olive branch and splashing milk, depicting peace- loving milk- drinkers, as Molokans and Jumpers are remembered in Kars, Turkey.
malakanlar sergisinden
görüntü [Exhibit of picutres of Molokans (and Jumpers)]
malakanlar sergisinden izlenimler
[Exhibit of impressions about Molokans (and Jumpers)] Historic images.
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[Molokans: a photo exhibit] Introduction text surrounded by scenes of prayer meetings.
malakan giysileri [Molokan (and Jumper) clothes] Hand crafted tools, clothes, water well, ...
malakanlar [Error: Jumpers]
Presbyter Ivan Mikhail. Samarin with 2 elders at their Spiritual Jumper prayer house, Levokumskoe town, Stavropol province, Russian Federation. See them inside at their altar table (prestol).
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[Exhibit of views of Molokan] Wedding service and feast at the Molokan prayer house, Levokumskoe town, Stavropol province, Russian Federation, March 13, 2008. Presbyter: Vasili Mikhael. Polenin
malakan kızları [Molokan (and Jumper) girls].
Photos in the first row below were used in the exhibit above. These are from the Vedat Akçayöz (Ukchuyez)* photo album: Rusya > Livakumsk (uploaded December 15, 2008), which displays 72 of the hundreds of photos taken March 3-13, 2008 in Levokumskoe, Novokumskoe, and Kamenka; North Stavropol province, Russian Federation. Click on the photos below to go to the photo album image, then click on the album image again to enlarge further. [* See Turkish Alphabet for transliteration. See his Turkish website: Vedat.Akcayoz.net]
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 Lisizins and Tarnoffs, Montebello, California. |
 Samarins and Serguieffs, Pico Rivera, California. They have 100s of relatives in Stavropol province from Ol'shanska. |
 John Kochergen with 4 guests, Fresno, California. |
 Ol'shanska congregation joins Big Church 1933, Los Angeles, California. Presbyter David P. Miloserdoff, center. Immigration leader, Philip M. Shubin, left.* |
 Akçayöz with Olga Samarina, museum Director and Curator of the Molokan-Jumper exhibits, Novokumskoe. ** |
 Akçayöz filming "The Fading Color of Kars: Molokans" at the museum, Novokumskoe. |
 Presbyter Vasili Mikhael. Polenin, Molokan congregation, Levokumskoe. He performed the wedding. |
 Presbyter Isai Feodr. Cheremisin, Jumper-S&L-user congregation, Kamenka. |
** Olga Samarin's 2004 master's thesis: Миграционные процессы на Ставрополье во второй половине ХХ века: историко-культурный аспект (Historical and Cultural Aspects of Migration into Stavropol, 1950-2000) helped her to get hired recently as the Director of the Stavropol Regional Museum of Fine Art, Novokumskoe Branch.