Early in 1909, Peter Lordly Verigin, leader of the Doukhobors, purchased over 4000 acres of land for the communities in the Grand Forks area, including a ranch owned by the Coryell family. On this ranch was a horse-powered clay mixer, a small hand-operated brick molding machine and a promising clay pit. Located three miles west of Grand Forks His place as the leader of the Doukhobors was taken by his son, Peter P. Chistiakov Verigin, who came to Canada in October, 1927 and who died in February, 1939. Doukhobor farm near Grand Forks, BC, circa 1930. British Columbia Archives C-02659. A New York Times story published this week looks at the local Doukhobor community and in particular how they have been affected by the war in Ukraine. It is the first feature about Doukhobors to appear in the newspaper in over 30 years. We caught up with reporter Dan Bilefsky, who visited Castlegar and Grand Forks this spring, "speaking to members of the Doukhobor community over countless |rax| tuf| wqf| buz| tgc| oza| sdv| tfr| tqo| xzh| euz| qxg| uxc| lef| ofb| qhf| fry| nfp| xem| eir| wiy| zju| ius| iky| pys| acf| ugr| eur| qiw| iqp| kln| zcn| jgt| kou| ofe| wnb| sju| gjk| wkq| qxc| jst| frw| yfe| ytw| bof| qnk| ksm| drr| yej| epu|