Village-Surname Index of Doukhobors in the Caucasus, 1853

by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff

The following index is of Doukhobor surnames that appear in the 1853 tax register (kameral’noe osipanie) of the Caucasus region of Imperial Russia. Search geographically by village to find the surnames that occurred in the village in 1853. Then follow the instructions at the bottom of this page to consult the full extracted and translated data from the tax register. See the Surname-Village Index to search alphabetically by surname.

Index – Elizavetpol Sub-District Borchalo Sub-District Akhalkalaki Sub-District

Elizavetpol Sub-District & District, Tiflis Province

Novo-Troitskoye
Androsov, Bludov, Dergousov, Efanov, Fedosov, Fofonov, Glukhov, Gnezdinov, Golovanov, Gulyaev, Khudyakov, Lunin, Novokshenov, Parakhin, Pereverzov, Plaksin, Plokhov, Popov, Robyshev, Rybin, Shchukin, Sherstobitov, Shilov, Skoblikov, Sukhachev, Svetlichnev, Terekhov, Vyatkin, Vyshlov.

Slavyanka
Abakumov, Agafonov, Andreev, Argatov, Babakaev, Bedinov, Beloivanov, Bludov, Bondarev, Bryunin, Bulanov, Chernenkov, Chernov, Danshin, Davidov, Dement’ev, Dorodlev, Dubasov, Dymovsky, Egorov, Eletsky, Evsyukov, Fedosov, Filipov, Fominov, Gerasimov, Golubov, Gorelkin, Gorshenin, Gritchin, Grushkin, Isakin, Ivanov, Ivashin, Kabatov, Kalesnikov (Kolesnikov), Kanigin, Karev, Kasogov, Kotel’nikov, Khabarov, Khilimov, Kinyakin, Kireev, Kolodin, Konkin, Korolov, Kovalev, Kozlachkov, Kryukov, Kunavin, Kuznetsov, Makhonin, Malov, Markin, Medvedev, Miroshnikov, Mitin, Morozov, Nemakhov, Nemanikhin, Nichvalodov, Ozerov, Panferkov, Peregudov, Pereverzov, Pepin, Petrov, Pikhtin, Planidin, Plotnikov, Podovinnikov (Podovil’nikov), Pogozhev, Polikarpov, Polovnikov, Popov, Posnikov, Pugachev, Raskazov, Repin, Sadkov, Safonov, Salikin, Samoylov, Saplin, Savinkov, Semenishchev, Semenov, Sherstobitov, Shishkin, Shtuchnoy, Shumilin, Shustov, Slastukhin, Soloveev, Strelyaev, Stupnikov, Sukharev, Sukhoveev, Susoev, Svetlikov, Tarasov, Terekhov (Terikhov), Trushin, Usachev, Vasilenkov, Vereshchagin (Verishchagin), Verigin, Vodopshin, Voykin, Vyatkin, Zaitsov, Zarshchikov, Zarubin, Zhivotov, Zhurav’lev, Zibarov, Zibin

Novo-Spasskoye
Antofeev, Borisenkov, Bortsov, Bykovskoy, Chevild’eev, Chutskoy, Fedosov, Gor’kov, Konkin, Kutnyakov, Lazarev, Makhortov, Nagornov, Negreev, Novokshenov, Obedkov, Parazikhin, Perepelkin, Rybalkin, Salikin, Sopov, Strelyaev, Vanzhov, Zbitnev

Novo-Goreloye
Abarovsky, Astafurov, Esaulov, Evsyukov, Fofonov, Goncharov, Gor’kov, Gubanov, Kalmykov (Kolmakov, Kalmakov), Khudekov, Lapshin, Malikov, Markov, Mukovnin, Parazikhin, Pereverzov, Rybalkin, Rybin, Ryl’kov, Samoylov, Samorodin, Sukhorukov, Tomilin, Trubitsin, Vyshlov, Zarchukov.

Borchalo Sub-district, Tiflis District, Tiflis Province

Bashkichet
Antufeev, Bludov, Chernyshev, Dement’ev, D’yakov, Obedkov, Nagornoy, Pogozhey, Skachkov, Vlasov.

Karabulakh
Dergausov, Kolesnikov, Rylkin, Salykin, Savitsky.

Karaklisi
Chekmarev, D’yakov, Kinyakin, Lazarev, Menyakin, Molchanov, Novokshonov, Parkin, Salychev, Shiveldeev, Sorokin, Strelyaev, Sviridov.

Ormasheni
Chernov, Drozdov, Goncharev, Glaskov, Perepelkin, Ponomarev, Rezantsov, Salykin, Savenkov (Savenko), Shkuratov, Slobodin, Vereshchagin, Zarshchikov.

Akhalkalaki Sub-district, Akhaltsikhe District, Kutaisi Province

Bogdanovka
Barabanov, Bedinov, Biryukov, Chernenkov, Chernov, Golishchov, Gremyakin, Grichin, Kolesnikov, Lebedev, Lezhebokov, Luk’yanov, Makhonin, Malakhov, Maslov, Matrosov, Molchanov, Naidenov, Novikov, Podavinikov, Padovsky, Perepelkin, Popov, Poznyakov, Repin, Saprikin, Shcherbinin, Shlyakhov, Sukharov, Vanin, Vasilenkov, Vereshchagin.

Spasskoye
Babaev, Bedin, Botkin, Chursin, Glukhov, Golubov, Il’in, Kinyakin, Kurbatov, Malov, Miroshnikov, Mitin, Nazarov, Ozerov, Petrov, Popov, Poznyakov, Repin, Skachkov, Stupnikov, Sukharev, Tamilin, Trofimov, Tsybulkin, Vasilenkov, Verigin, Voykin, Zbitnev.

Orlovka
Babakaev, Bedinov, Bortsov, Chekmarov, Cherkashov, Demin, Dorofeev, Dubinin, Dutov, Ereshenkov, Grichin, Gubanov, Gulyaev, Kalmykov, Katasanov, Kazakov (Kozakov), Kholodinin, Konkin, Karev, Krygin, Kuchin, Kudrin, Kuz’min, Laktin, Makhortov, Markov, Mudrov, Negreev, Nosov, Novokshonov, Perepelkin, Podkolzin, Posnikov, Povalyaev, Rezantsov, Ryl’kov (Rylkin), Romanov, Rozynkin, Salykin, Samoylov, Savenkov, Shchekin, Shchukin, Sotnikov, Storozhov, Strelyaev, Tikhanov, Tolmachev, Uglov, Uvarov, Vorobeev, Voronkov, Zakharov, Zubenkov.

Goreloye
Abrosimov, Astafurov, Balabanov, Baturin, Belousov, Borisov, Chuchmaev, Demin, Dubinin, Dutov, Eletsky, Gololobov, Goncharov, Gubanov, Il’in, Kalmikov, Khokhlin, Karev, Krasnikov, Krikunov, Kukhtinov, Larin, Lityagin, Markin, Medvedev, Nichvolodov, Pankov, Potapov, Pramorukov (Premorukov), Rybin, Salykin, Sapunov, Savenkov, Semenyutin, Shapkin, Shchukin, Smorodin, Sukhorukov, Sukhoveev, Tomilin (Tamilin), Taranov, Terekhov, Vlasov, Vyatkin, Zarubin, Zharikov, Zhmaev, Zubkov.

Efremovka
Abrosimov, Arishchenkov, Balabanov, Bezperstov, Chekmarov, Chuvel’deev, Dubasov, Fofonov, Gor’kov, Ivin, Lesnikov, Markin, Mukaseev, Nazarov, Nichvolodov, Novokshanov, Obetkov (Obedkov), Oslopov, Parakhin, Parkin, Pereverzev, Popov, Rezantsov, Rybin, Salykin, Samoylov, Sherstobitov, Shtuchnov, Tupikin, Vyshlov.

Troitskoye
Antyufeev, Bludov, Dubasov, Dutov, D’yakov, Fomin, Il’in, Kabatov (Kobatov), Kolesnikov, Konkin, Markin, Markov, Nadein, Putilin, Rybin, Slastukhin, Stroev, Sukharov, Turtsov, Vereshchagin, Verigin, Voykin, Yuritsin, Zaitsov, Zubkov.

Rodionovka
Arishchenkov, Borisenkov, Bykanov, Cherkashov, Chuvel’deev, Dutov, Evdokimov, Fomin, Glebov, Goncharov, Il’yasov, Khadykin, Khud’yakov, Kukhtinov, Kuznetsov, Lakhtin, Lavrenchenkov (Lavrenchikov), Lebedev, Lobintsov, Makeev, Markin, Mezentsov, Mzhel’sky (Mozhel’sky), Ostrikov, Plakhov, Popov, Potapov, Rozynkin, Safonov, Samsonov, Sopov, Strukov, Susoev, Verigin, Vlasov, Zbitnev, Zhmaev, Zubkov.

Shashka
Baturin, Bayov, Borisov, Bortsov, Chursin, Chutsenko (Chutsky), Demin, Glagol’ev, Gorkin, Katasanov, Kazakov, Kuchin, Kuranov, Kutnyakov, Levanov, Planidin, Ponomarev, Popov, Remizov, Rezantsev, Ryl’kov, Savenkov, Savitsky, Strelyaev, Trofimov, Vyshlov, Yashchenkov, Zubenkov.

Notes

According to the taxation register, in 1853, the Doukhobor population in the Caucasus was distributed in sixteen village settlements in the following areas:

  • Four villages (Novo-Troitskoye, Slavyanka, Novo-Spasskoye and Novo-Troitskoye) in the Elizavetpol sub-district of Elizavetpol district, Tiflis province, Russia. Note: in 1868 this area became the Kedabek district of Elizavetpol province, Russia. Today it is the Gadabay region of Azerbaijan.
  • Four villages (Bashkichet, Karabulakh, Karaklisi and Ormasheni) in the Borchalo sub-district of Tiflis district, Tiflis province, Russia. Note: in 1868 this area became the Borchalo district of Tiflis province, Russia. Today it is the Dmanisi district of Kvemo Kartli region, Georgia.
  • Eight villages (Bogdanovka, Spasskoye, Orlovka, Goreloye, Efremovka, Troitskoye, Rodionovka and Shashka) in the Akalkhalaki sub-district of Akhaltsikhe district, Kutaisi province, Russia. Note in 1868 this area became the Akhalkalaki district of Tiflis province, Russia. Today it is the Ninotsminda district of Samtskhe-Javakheti region, Georgia.)

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If you have found a surname that you are researching and would like to see the full data from the tax register, consult the book 1853 Tax Register of Doukhobors in the Caucasus by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff. This book contains the information extracted from the original tax register schedules housed at the Georgian State Archives and translated into English. It includes: the name and age of the males in each household, the family relationship to the head of the household, the year of arrival from Russia, the number of males and females in each household and more.

1873 Tax Register

For Revised Release

Doukhobor writer and historian Jonathan J. Kalmakoff is pleased to announce the upcoming release of his new book: 1873 Tax Register of Doukhobors in the Caucasus. The book is compiled from original nineteenth century Imperial Russian tax records housed at the Georgian State Archives in Tbilisi, Georgia and the National Archives of Azerbaijan in Baku, Azerbaijan.

This book contains detailed family information about the Doukhobors living in the Caucasus mountain region of Russia in the year 1873 and includes: the name and age of the males in each household, the family relationship to the head of the household, the number of males and females in each household, resettlement to and from other areas, and more. It also contains full bibliographic references and a comprehensive index.

Sample entry from tax register
Sample entry from original 1873 tax register.

The information contained in 1873 Tax Register of Doukhobors in the Caucasus, meticulously translated into English from the original Old Russian handwritten script, is made available to Doukhobor family historians for the first time. The book is a companion to Kalmakoff’s 2004 publication, 1853 Tax Register of Doukhobors in the Caucasus.

“This book sheds new light on the demographic and settlement history of Doukhobors in the Caucasus,” says Kalmakoff. “It also contains a wealth of new genealogical information for those tracing their Doukhobor family back to Russia.  It provides a unique and fascinating view of our Doukhobor ancestors – who they were, where they lived and when.”

1853 Tax Register of Doukhobors in the Caucasus

1853 tax register of doukhobors in the caucasus

The 1853 Tax Register of Doukhobors in the Caucasus by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff is perhaps one of the most important sources for Doukhobor genealogical research in Russia. The book is compiled from the original Russian tax records housed at the Georgian State Archives in Tbilisi, Georgia.

This book contains detailed family information about the Doukhobors living in the Caucasus mountain region of Russia in 1853 and includes: the name and age of the males in each household, the family relationship to the head of the household, the year of arrival from Russia, the number of males and females in each household and more.  This information is made available to Doukhobor genealogists for the first time. Contains full bibliographic references and a comprehensive index. View Sample Page.

The 1853 Tax Register of Doukhobors in the Caucasus makes it possible to trace many Doukhobor families back to the late 18th century in Russia.

1853 Tax Register of Doukhobors in the Caucasus (ISBN 0-9730338-3-5) is a 95 page soft-cover book. Price: $30.00 plus $2.65 postage and handling.  To order copies through cheque, money-order or PayPal, please contact:

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