Doukhobors background:
Doukhobors were/are a peasant, religious group that are German speaking Russians which origin is unclear (hard to know when they were originally created). The Doukhobors rejected church and instead practised an easier form of the christian religion, that speaked in psalms and hymns instead of using the bible and called it the Living Book. They did this because they believed that god is in each human being is unnecessary to have a church for that reason. At meeting the Doukhobors don’t use symbols except use of a display or bread, salt and water which represents the elements that sustain life. Some Doukhobors respect leaders chosen by god (Most Doukhobors don’t do this because they believe god is in everyone). Many …show more content…
Many off the Doukhobors were able to come to Canada due to one of the leaders named Leo Tolstoy and his followers. In 1902, 500 more Doukhobors came to Canada with Verigin, another leader/novelist of the Doukhobors making the Doukhobors the largest single mass migration in Canada’s history. Verigin led his followers to the southern parts of B.C. here was where he bought land and created a self-contained community made up of over 6,000 Doukhobors. Later on a tiny amount of Doukhobors left and made their own farms and became independents. When they showed up in Canada they were supposed to register for individual homesteads instead of living communally. But they refused to permitted individual homesteady because they did this the Doukhobors homestead entries were cancelled.
Problems Faced …show more content…
In Canada they mainly farmed,but some men of the Doukhobors were carpenters and joiners, shoemakers, blacksmiths, harness makers,etc. ; and women cooked and farmed and as well wove, embroidered, and made clothing for their families. To pay the mortgages in British Columbia, most of the men went out of the villages they lived communally in to build skills on highway construction and maintenance, also went to work in the forest industry. When the CCUB had failed, many of the workers had stayed in the forest industry or other related trades,having jobs as builders or suppliers of building materials. Around the 1950s, Doukhobors also found jobs as retail merchants, teachers, and nurses; by the 1960s, many doukhobors both male and female had entered legal, medical, journalistic, and academic work forces. Doukhobors that are independent was already entered the standard economy, some reaching the mastery level around 30-20 years before commun Doukhobors . “Sons of Freedom” usually took either working-class jobs or depended on their farming skills and some welfare for subsistence. Many of the Doukhobors who were not living in any cities controlled themselves economically by having large vegetable gardens. Much is eaten,how much they eat is almost as much the Doukhobors in the communal villages eat, and leftover food is usually given to neighbors, friends, and guests.when all Doukhobors were living
Doukhobors were/are a peasant, religious group that are German speaking Russians which origin is unclear (hard to know when they were originally created). The Doukhobors rejected church and instead practised an easier form of the christian religion, that speaked in psalms and hymns instead of using the bible and called it the Living Book. They did this because they believed that god is in each human being is unnecessary to have a church for that reason. At meeting the Doukhobors don’t use symbols except use of a display or bread, salt and water which represents the elements that sustain life. Some Doukhobors respect leaders chosen by god (Most Doukhobors don’t do this because they believe god is in everyone). Many …show more content…
Many off the Doukhobors were able to come to Canada due to one of the leaders named Leo Tolstoy and his followers. In 1902, 500 more Doukhobors came to Canada with Verigin, another leader/novelist of the Doukhobors making the Doukhobors the largest single mass migration in Canada’s history. Verigin led his followers to the southern parts of B.C. here was where he bought land and created a self-contained community made up of over 6,000 Doukhobors. Later on a tiny amount of Doukhobors left and made their own farms and became independents. When they showed up in Canada they were supposed to register for individual homesteads instead of living communally. But they refused to permitted individual homesteady because they did this the Doukhobors homestead entries were cancelled.
Problems Faced …show more content…
In Canada they mainly farmed,but some men of the Doukhobors were carpenters and joiners, shoemakers, blacksmiths, harness makers,etc. ; and women cooked and farmed and as well wove, embroidered, and made clothing for their families. To pay the mortgages in British Columbia, most of the men went out of the villages they lived communally in to build skills on highway construction and maintenance, also went to work in the forest industry. When the CCUB had failed, many of the workers had stayed in the forest industry or other related trades,having jobs as builders or suppliers of building materials. Around the 1950s, Doukhobors also found jobs as retail merchants, teachers, and nurses; by the 1960s, many doukhobors both male and female had entered legal, medical, journalistic, and academic work forces. Doukhobors that are independent was already entered the standard economy, some reaching the mastery level around 30-20 years before commun Doukhobors . “Sons of Freedom” usually took either working-class jobs or depended on their farming skills and some welfare for subsistence. Many of the Doukhobors who were not living in any cities controlled themselves economically by having large vegetable gardens. Much is eaten,how much they eat is almost as much the Doukhobors in the communal villages eat, and leftover food is usually given to neighbors, friends, and guests.when all Doukhobors were living