The Chronicles of Spirit Wrestlers' Immigration to Canada: God is not in Might, but in Truth

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxviii
 Resettlement from Taurida Guberniia to the Caucasus  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 1-3
 Pëtr Vasil’evich Verigin  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 5-8
 Life and Death of Luker’ia Vasil’evna Kalmykova  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 9-17
 The Arrest of Pëtr Vasil’evich and His Exile from the Orphans’ Home  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 19-21
 His Exile According to the Administrative Order to Arkhangel’sk Guberniia for Five Years  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 23-26
 The Transfer of Pëtr Vasil’evich from Shenkursk to the Island of Kola. The Extension of His Exile for Five More Years. The Return to Shenkursk  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 27-29
 What Happened to the Orphans’ Home. Division of the Doukhobors  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 31-34
 My Trip to Shenkursk and My Communal Life There  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 35-41
 Pëtr Vasil’evich’s Message to the Doukhobors Through Ivan Evseevich Konkin  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 43-49
 The Relaying of the Message and Its Fulfilment by the Doukhobors. The Exile of Ivan Evseevich Konkin  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 51-54
 The New Exile of Pëtr Vasil’evich to Obdorsk of the Tobol’sk Guberniia for Five Years. The Trip by Vasiliǐ Gavrilovich Vereshchagin and Brother Vasiliǐ Vasil’evich to Shenkursk to Visit Pëtr Vasil’evich and Their Receipt of a Message for the Doukhobors  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 55-60
 Prisoner Transport of Pëtr Vasil’evich to Obdorsk, Tobol’sk Guberniia  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 61-66
 Accomplishment of the Mission. Letter of Pëtr Vasil’evich to the Doukhobors. Doukhobors’ Refusal of Military Service. Imprisonment of Vasiliǐ Verigin and Vereshchagin  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 67-73
 The Burning of Weapons in Three Guberniias and the Return of the Reserve Conscription Cards  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 75-80
 The Burning of Weapons in the Akhalkalak Area and the Brutal Massacre by the Government  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 81-84
 The Destruction of Livelihood and Possessions; Resettlement Among the Indigenous Peoples  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 85-88
 My Arrest and Life in Prisons  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 89-103
 Torments in the Ekaterinograd Disciplinary Battalion  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 105-118
 Exile to Iakutsk Area. The Description of the Prisoner Transport to Nizhneudinsk  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 119-127
 The Continuation of Prisoner Transport. The Last Words and Death of Vasiliǐ G. Vereshchagin  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 129-137
 Life in Nel’kan  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 139-142
 Life in Notor, Iakutsk and Other Areas  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 143-152
 A Trip to Russia  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 153-157
 A Trip Abroad  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 159-164
 Arrival in England. Meeting the Chertkovs  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 165-169
 A Request for Relocation. A Letter by Pëtr Vasil’evich to the Empress Aleksandra Fëdorovna Romanova  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 171-174
 The Relocation  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 175-179
 A Letter of Anastasiia Vasil’evna Verigina to Empress Aleksandra Fëdorovna Romanova  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 181-182
 The March of Brothers and Sisters for God’s Cause  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 183-185
 The Release of Pëtr Vasil’evich Verigin by the Russian Government and His Journey to Canada to the Doukhobors  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 187-190
 Pëtr Vasil’evich Travels Around All the Villages. His Speeches and His Advice to the People  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 191-195
 The Congress for the Discussion of the Land Issue. Acceptance of Land  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 197-201
 Starting the Communal Household. The Life of Pëtr Vasil’evich in Otradnoe  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 203-206
 Cancellation of Land Entries by the Government for Non-acceptance of Allegiance to the British King Edward  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 207-210
 A Letter to the Government and the People of Canada Regarding Cancellation of Land Entries  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 211-217
 A Move to British Columbia. An Explanation to the Government  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 219-224
 Detailed Inquiry and Investigation by Royal Commissioner William Blakemore  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 225-230
 The Explanatory Letters of Doukhobors to Blakemore  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 231-238
 The Inquiry Report and the Recommendation of the Royal Commissioner William Blakemore  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 239-243
 A Conversation Between Military Minister Bowser and the Doukhobors About Registries and Schools  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 245-258
 The Resolution by Soldiers Who Returned from the War Reached at a Big Meeting in Nelson on February 13, 1919  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 259-263
 Canada and Doukhobors  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 265-269
 Death and Funeral of Pëtr the Lordly  (Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin)....Pages 271-278
Back Matter ....Pages 279-304