The following is an overview of the Sovetnoye Doukhobor Cemetery located 6 miles north-east of Mikado, Saskatchewan. Rural Municipality of Sliding Hills No. 273. Land location: NE 35-30-2 West of Second. Latitude: 51°38.698. Longitude: 102°10.738. Compiled by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff with Fred S. Petroff and Fred J. Strelieff on April 30, 2005. Updated August 12, 2005.
View of the cemetery from the south facing north. It is marked by a bluff of trees.
Historical Background
Sovetnoye Cemetery was established in 1899 by the Doukhobors of Sovetnoye village near Mikado. After the abandonment of the village in 1920, the cemetery continued to be used by local Doukhobors until 1931. Thereafter, it ceased to be be in active operation. Over the years, it has become badly overgrown. The cemetery is privately owned.
Layout
The cemetery is approximately a half acre in size. There is dense scrub and brush throughout. The cemetery contains approximately 75 interments in several rows facing east-west. The graves are unmarked and leveled. I have used death certificates and oral tradition to identify 27 of these. The remaining 48 or so unmarked graves are unidentified. Today, all that remains is a bluff of trees in the middle of a cultivated field.
Driving Directions
To access the cemetery, travel north from the junction of Highway No. 5 and the Village of Mikado Exit for 2 miles (3.2 km). Then turn east on the grid road and continue for 4 miles (6.4 km). Turn north on the grid road for one mile (1.6 km). The cemetery is approximately 100 yards (91.4 m) west of the road allowance. This cemetery is on private property and permission to access should be obtained by the owners.
Transcription
| Surname | Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Comments |
| Abetkoff | Anna S. | – | – | Daughter of Savely – No Marker |
| Abetkoff | Avdotia K. | 1887 | – | Wife of Savely – No Marker |
| Abetkoff | Peter S. | – | – | Son of Savely – No Marker |
| Chernoff | (child) | – | – | Son of Wasyl – No Marker |
| Chernoff | (child) | – | – | Son of Wasyl – No Marker |
| Chernoff | Anastasia | 1880 | – | Nee Zieben – Wife of Peter – No Marker |
| Chernoff | Anna I. | 1855 | – | Nee Petroff – No Marker |
| Chernoff | Avdotia G. | 1880 | 1913 | Wife of Wasyl – No Marker |
| Chernoff | Grigory D. | 1889 | – | No Marker |
| Chernoff | Jim F. | May 22, 1914 | 1928 | No Marker |
| Chernoff | Savely M. | 1842 | Jul. 23, 1922 | No Marker |
| Chernoff | Tatiana | 1886 | – | Wife of Wasyl – No Marker |
| Chernoff | Tatiana | 1840 | – | Wife of Savely – No Marker |
| Chernoff | Vera P. | Jan. 29, 1931 | Feb. 11, 1931 | Child of Peter & Mary – No Marker |
| Chernoff | Wasyl | 1855 | – | No Marker |
| Dergousoff | John T. | Oct. 23, 1906 | Nov. 7, 1922 | No Marker |
| Dergousoff | Pearl S. | 1883 | Jul. 21, 1929 | No Marker |
| Fominoff | Nikolai | 1845 | – | No Marker |
| Hrooshkin | Anna | 1825 | – | No Marker |
| Hrooshkin | Potap W. | 1867 | – | No Marker |
| Hrooshkin | Wasyl | 1825 | – | No Marker |
| Hrooshkin | William P. | 1899 | – | Son of Potap – No Marker |
| Osachoff | Mary S. | 1854 | – | No Marker |
| Osachoff | Michael | 1855 | – | No Marker |
| Petroff | Joseph I. | 1859 | May 23, 1929 | No Marker |
| Petroff | Peter I. | 1861 | Jun. 23, 1926 | No Marker |
| Planidin | Nikolai | 1880 | 1906 | No Marker |
In addition, the following families resided in Sovetnoye village and may have members buried in Sovetnoye Cemetery: Barisenkoff, Bondareff, Chernoff, Danshin, Demosky, Fominoff, Hrooshkin, Obetkoff, Osachoff, Planidin, Podovinnikoff, Popoff, Swetlisheff, Zaitseff.
View of the cemetery from the south-west facing north-east.
Notes
Various sources of data have been used in compiling this information including: death certificates and oral tradition. Special thanks to Robert Tomilin for assisting in locating the cemetery and to Annette Zeeben and Fanny Reibin for identifying additional interments. This is a work in progress. If readers have any comments, corrections or additions with respect to Sovetnoye Cemetery, please contact Jonathan J. Kalmakoff.
