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The Doukhobor Gazetteer - Search Details
Petrovka
In 1899, Doukhobors from Kars, Russia established the village of Petrovka (Петровка) along the North Saskatchewan River in the present Blaine Lake district of Saskatchewan. The name is derived from the Russian men’s name Petr and may refer to either St. Petr, whose feast day is observed by Doukhobors on June 29th, or else Doukhobor leader Petr “Lordly” Verigin (1859-1924). A Quaker school was established in the village from 1901-1906. The village operated a flour mill on nearby Radouga Creek in conjunction with the neighboring villages of Terpeniye and Troitskoye. By 1911, settlers of Russian, Ukrainian, Polish and German ethnicity had also settled in the village. Petrovka was finally abandoned in 1929 as villagers relocated to individual homesteads. The name, however, lived on in the form of Petrofka Cemetery (1899-present), Petrofka Ferry (1900-1962), Petrofka Post Office (1907-1940), Petrofka School District No. 23 (1911-1954), Petrofka Bridge (1962-present), Petrofka Recreation Site (1991-present) and Petrofka Spring (2008-present). (1905 pop. 85) [NW30-42-6-W3] [52.65101° N, -106.86446° W]
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