An Overview of Doukhobor Settlement and Migration
An Overview of Doukhobor Settlement and Migration
An Overview of Doukhobor Settlement and Migration
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The Caucasus, 1895-1899<br />
• 1886 – central hereditary leadership ends<br />
• leadership crisis results<br />
• <strong>Doukhobor</strong> community splits into Small, Middle <strong>and</strong> Large parties<br />
• 1887 - universal military service introduced<br />
• <strong>Doukhobor</strong>s serve, initially<br />
• 1895 – renewed <strong>Doukhobor</strong> pacifism<br />
• Refusal to perform military service<br />
• Burning <strong>of</strong> Arms<br />
• 1895-1899 – renewed religious persecution<br />
• 125 <strong>Doukhobor</strong> military conscripts <strong>and</strong> elders exiled to Siberia<br />
• 258 <strong>Doukhobor</strong> military reservists <strong>and</strong> elders imprisoned, then exiled<br />
to Baku <strong>and</strong> Erevan<br />
• 4,300 <strong>Doukhobor</strong>s civilians in Tiflis exiled to the Gori, Tioneti,<br />
Dusheti <strong>and</strong> Signakhi districts
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