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Settling in Saskatchewan, far from Peter Verigin, the Dukhobors were baffled and confused, succumbed to faction, fanaticism, hallucination.

From Time Magazine Archive

Singing groups of Dukhobors often marched off into nowhere looking for the Promised Land.

From Time Magazine Archive

But to many Dukhobors he was the Kristos, to most he was the unquestioned dictator, and to the Russian Government he was a nuisance.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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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