9.
Return Trip
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C1440-05
— Allan Markin speaks at the celebrations honouring Lillian and Jim
Popoff’s 40th wedding anniversary, Castlegar,
BC. May 21, 2006
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C1440-07
— Guests and relatives from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Marlene
and Alec Postnikoff, speak in Castlegar in
honour of Jim and Lillian
Popoff’s 40th Anniversary Wedding. May 21, 2006 |
C1440-09
— Jim and Lillian Popoff cut a cake in honour of their 40th Wedding
Anniversary, Castlegar, BC. May
21, 2006 |
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C1440-20
— Annual meeting of The
Doukhobor
Heritage Retreat Society, Castlegar,
BC. May 21, 2006. This group has been active in developing the a unique
resort and learning facility at Whatshan Lake in northern British
Columbia where they host the annual Whatshan
Lake Music Festival.
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C1440-22
— Our host Nick Verigin of Pass Creek, BC with guest Alexei M. Oslopov
of Tbilisi,
Georgia. May 22, 2006 |
C1441-02
— Close-up of Tim Fomenoff and Walter Malakoff on guitars
entertaining the traveling guests across Western Canada. At the Novoe
Poselka, Crescent Valley,
B.C. May 23, 2006 |
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C1441-04
— Vegetarian lunch at the home of hosts Ann and Tim Fomenoff of Novoe
Poselka, Crescent Valley, BC.
Guests: Koozma J. Tarasoff,
Walter Malakoff, and Alexei M. Oslopov. May 23, 2006
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C1441-08
— Visitors Koozma J. Tarasoff and Alexei M. Oslopov with
Peter Rezansoff in his summer home on Christina Lake, B.C. Peter
is an award-winning builder of a high-rise company (The Intertech
Group) in Vancouver, BC. May 24, 2006 |
C1441-09
— Close-up of Peter Perepelkin (owner of Sun-Lite Travel and a
clothing store) with Alexei Oslopov in Grand Forks,
BC. May 24,
2006 |
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— Alexei Oslopov with master craftsman Jerry/Paul Seminoff at
his Pioneer
Garden, Grand Forks,
B.C. May 24, 2006 |
C1441-14
— Alexei Oslopov with Jerry/Paul Seminoff in his workshop, Grand
Forks,
BC. May 24, 2006 |
C1441-19
— Close-up of Ken Harshenin (a retired teacher, now School
Trustee) and his son Jason (former editor of Iskra, now Managing Editor
of Grand Forks Gazette), Grand Forks,
BC. May 25, 2006 |
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C1441-20
— Wooden sign at the entrance of the Gilpin vanishing
zealot community,
British Columbia. May 25, 2006
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C1441-21
— Close-up of Peter Slastukin, relative of Alexei Oslopov. May 25, 2006 |
C1441-24
— Meeting of the Council of Doukhobors (BC), Castlegar, BC. May
25, 2006 |
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— Doukhobor cooks meet grieving relatives and friends in front
of the USCC Community Centre, Grand Forks, BC,
following the burial of
an elder. A vegetarian meal of borshch,
lapsha, cheese, dessert,
and
tea or coffee followed in the basement. May 27, 2006 |
C1442-19
— Alexei holds the hand of John J. Verigin, Sr.while Laura
Verigin stands behind, at their home in Sirotskaya, Grand
Forks, BC.
May 27, 2006 |
C1442-20
— Barry Verigin, youngest son, messages his father’s neck at the Sirotskaya
home, Grand Forks,
BC. May 27, 2006 |
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C1442-25
— Octogenarians Alexei Oslopov and folk historian Eli A. Popoff of Grand
Forks, BC. May 27, 2006
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C1443-04
— Octogenarians: a Doukhobor woman, Eli A. Popoff and Alexei M.
Oslopov. May 28, 2006 |
C1443-05
— MIR Centre
for Peace, Selkirk College, Castlegar,
BC. May 28, 2006 |
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C1443-08
— Alexei Oslopov speaks at a public meeting in Brilliant, BC. May 28,
2006
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C1443-12
— Harry Killough (peace activist), Alexei Oslopov and Larry A.
Ewashen (curator of Doukhobor
Village Museum, Castlegar,
BC). May 29,
2006 |
C1443-19
— Alexei Oslopov visits in Cowley, Alberta with
Alberta
pioneers Dunia and Michael Verigin as well as with educator Bill
Davidoff of Pincher Creek. May 29, 2006 |
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C1444-00A
— Close-up of
copper plaque honouring Doukhobors erected by the Blaine
Lake and Saskatoon Doukhobor Societies in 2005. Dedicated to
Doukhobor settlers and descendants. May 31, 2006
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C1444-5A
— Reconstructed Doukhobor
Dugout House (zemlanka)
near the
North Saskatchewan River [Uspenie
Village]. May 31, 2006. Left to right: Brenda
Cheveldayoff (initiator of the Dugout project), Don Cheveldayoff,
Alexei Oslopov of Tbilisi, Georgia, Elizabeth Cheveldayoff, and Mae
Popoff (Saskatoon elder). |
C1444-12A
— Close-up of bronze plaque that officially unveiled the Doukhobor
Dugout
House project and which was named as a Provincial
Heritage Property on June 25, 2005. Also see: Uspenie/Ospenie
village,
Doukhobor Genealogy Website |
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— Close-up of hosts and visitors at the Doukhobor
Dugout House site with picturesque North
Saskatchewan River in the background.
Left to right: Mae Popoff, Don Cheveldayoff, Alexei Oslopov, Elizabeth
Cheveldayoff and Brenda Cheveldayoff (initiator of the project). May
31, 2006 |
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C1444-15A — A panoramic view of the
North Saskatchewan River
from the site of the Dugout zemlanka.
May 31, 2006.
Also see: International
Guest at the Doukhobor Dugout House, by Mae Popoff, Saskatoon
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More information
about Saskatchewan Doukhobors:
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— Alexei Oslopov stands beside old steam engine tractor, Western Development Museum,
Yorkton, Saskatchewan. June 1, 2006 |