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    Preserving and Celebrating Doukhobor Culture in Art

    Mar 15, 2024 2 minutes

    I am a Doukhobor. I was born in Grand Forks in 1940 and raised there. My paternal grandfather came to Canada in 1899, at the age of 12, aboard the with Doukhobors from Russia. The Doukhobors were pacifists and left Russia because of religious persecution. When I was born, Grand Forks had a large

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