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Re: Russian collections in Canada



July 12, 2000

The Doukhobors, a pacifist religious group from Russia, arrived in Western
Canada (the Prairies) as refugees in 1899. Some Doukhobors later relocated
to the West Kootenay region of British Columbia. The BC Archives Web site
(URL below) can be used to identify government and non-government records
here. The Canadian North West Archival Union List (BC, Alberta, Yukon
Territory) (http://aabc.bc.ca/aabc/icaul.html) and the Saskatchewan Archival
Information Network /
Manitoba Archival Information Network
(http://www.usask.ca/archives/sain-main/) can be used to identify archival
records about the Doukhobors in those provinces. Bear in mind when searching
that spellings of the word Doukhobor may not be standardized.

The Canadian Museum of Civilization has an online exhibition prepared for
the centennial of the Doukhobors' arrival in Canada. See
http://www.cmcc.muse.digital.ca/membrs/traditio/doukhobors/dou01eng.html The
site also links to the Museum's "A GUIDE TO THE DOUKHOBOR ARCHIVES" which
describes its own archival records.

David Mattison, Archivist and
Voyager Library System Administrator
Access Services, BC Archives
Information, Science & Technology Agency
Phone: 250-387-3401 Fax: 250-387-2072
E-mail: David.Mattison@gems3.gov.bc.ca
Web: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca

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