These photos
show Dmitri (Dima) Bruhin's trip to his former home in
Kars, Turkey, in 2005 to visit old Molokan friends. His family
(mother, 2 sisters) all moved to
Fresno, California in the 1970's. Sister Alichka
married Jim
Spolsdoff, Kerman. Dima is now married to ___, from
Belarus, and has 2
daughters. He is helping to translate Turkish
documents about
Spiritual Christians. |
Dima inside train |
View outside train |
Mikhail Stepanovish Agapof (Boyar) apartment living room, Kars. |
Mila Agapof (Boyar) and son Stepan (Suat). |
Mihail Boyar and Neil Denisenko. See earlier family photos. |
View from Boyar apartment balcony. |
Vasili Korolov and his Kurdish wife. |
Vasili Korolov's house. |
Suat Boyar and Neil Denisenko. |
Molokan bedroom, 1979 photo. |
Old Molokan house. |
Old Russian building. |
Russian building now a school. |
Dima and Samovars for sale. |
Sunrise. |
Sunset, same location. |
Old friends dining in restaurant. |
Street art. |
Stone bridge. |
Canal. Kars fort is on the far hill. |
Ordu street. |
Mayor's big house. |