Dukhobor
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Over this persecution Tolstoy, Quakers, Christian Socialists, idealists everywhere seethed, then arranged a Dukhobor migration to the untilled Canadian prairies in 1899.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was impressed by the semi-Communistic "brotherly organization" of the Dukhobor sect.
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These decrees made the Dukhobors more fanatical than ever.
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Less readily do Dukhobors shed the cloak of secrecy and deception in which they have hidden their affairs from a world they fervently mistrust.
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But to many Dukhobors he was the Kristos, to most he was the unquestioned dictator, and to the Russian Government he was a nuisance.
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Singing groups of Dukhobors often marched off into nowhere looking for the Promised Land.
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After the Dukhobors were settled in Canada, of the five hundred dollars left from the "Resurrection" funds, one half was given to Hull-House.
From Twenty Years at Hull House; with autobiographical notes by Addams, Jane
They are very closely akin to the Dukhobortsy, of which sect they are an offshoot.
From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther
To Christ, as to an historical personage, the Dukhobortsy do not ascribe great importance...
From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 4 (1794-1796): the Age of Reason by Conway, Moncure Daniel
The moral ideas of the Dukhobortsy are the following:—All men are, by nature, equal; external distinctions, whatsoever they may be, are worth nothing.
From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 4 (1794-1796): the Age of Reason by Conway, Moncure Daniel
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