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New Book on 1873 Tax Register to be Released Fall 2012

Post author By Jonathan J. Kalmakoff
Post date June 19, 2021

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 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 (click here for link).

“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.”

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To the Spirit of God, I Pray and Bow

Post author By Jonathan J. Kalmakoff
Post date June 19, 2021

by Elena Kovshova

Today, relatively few Doukhobors remain in the Republic of Georgia, following mass emigrations to Russia over the past two decades. One of the largest remaining – but least documented – populations of Doukhobors is centered in the town of Dmanisi, formerly known as Bashkichet. In the following article, Russian journalist Elena Kovshova examines the Doukhobors of Dmanisi – the history, philosophy and culture of a disappearing people, rooted in goodness and renowned for their kindess and hospitality. Translated by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff from the Russian journal “Argumenty i Fakty” (No. 4, January 27, 2010).

Dmanisi – the small Georgian town which, in recent times, has become world famous thanks to sensational archeological finds, stores many secrets within itself. Its name is connected not only to the history of early mankind, but also to the destinies of thousands of simple people who, in more recent centuries, appeared in this place.

The history of the Dmanisi Doukhobors is rooted in the depths of the history of the Russian empire, when, in the mid-seventeenth century, Patriarch Nikon, with the support of the reigning [Tsar] Alexei Mikhailovich, introduced church ceremonial reforms intended to correct Russian prayer books to make them consistent with Greek practices, by replacing the two-fingered sign of the cross with the three-fingered sign, and a number of other changes. But the violent methods by which the patriarch implemented the reforms were met by hostile opposition. These actions resulted in the emergence of defenders of the “old belief” who believed that the church had departed from the old rites. Thus arose a religious social movement, whose supporters called themselves Starobryadtsy or “Old-Believers”. Later, they divided into the Popovtsy (“with priests”) and the Bezpopovtsy (the “priestless”) such as the Dukhobory or “spirit wrestlers”.

Elizaveta Bludova proudly displays her handiwork in this rushnik – a traditional Doukhobor handicraft among the Dmanisi Doukhobors.

The movement originated in the second half of the eighteenth century among the peasants of Voronezh, Tambov, Ekaterinoslav and Sloboda-Ukraine provinces. According to the Doukhobors, the world is in eternal struggle, the spirit against the flesh, and desiring brotherhood in the spirit of God’s truth, they renounced the established church dogmas and rites. It was the only way people could protest against the autocratic oppression and hypocrisy of the clergy, who were afraid of losing power, and therefore, followed in the wake of the state.

Naturally, such ideas disturbed the Tsarist government, which saw a direct threat to the state in such opinions. Therefore, an active resettlement policy was undertaken in relation to the Doukhobors. First, they were sent to Tavria province (in the Crimea) on the Molochnaya River (from which the name of the sectarians Molokane is [reputedly] derived), and then they were all expelled to the Caucasus.

Whole families of Doukhobors, with small children in their hands and shackles on their feet, made their way by foot to their places of exile. Some of them thus perished on the road while others arrived in Georgia in the district of Bashkichet, which in Turkish means “the main road”. Indeed, there was no inhabited settlement there, let alone a town; only impenetrable forest through which ran a trade route linking Georgia with Armenia, Turkey and Azerbaijan. Having arrived on this bare ground, the Doukhobors, thanks to astonishing diligence and faith, did not rail at their fate, but began life anew with nothing, hollowing out family dwellings in the ground with stone axes. They spent one year in such dugouts covered with straw, until they built houses in which many of the descendants of those first Doukhobors live to this day.

Each band of the rushnik symbolically represents a particular stage in the life of the Doukhobor woman who makes it.

The house of the Bludovs is more than 150 years old. The rickety stairs, the cracked tree… The seniors cannot afford to repair the house. Nonetheless, the internal furnishing is striking: practically everything, from the wooden furniture and finishing, to all kinds of table-cloths, blankets, mats, bed-covers, is constructed, painted or woven by hand. Every corner of the house exudes exceptional hard work and perfect purity. The [traditional Orthodox] place for icons in the house is [instead] occupied by rushniki – long hand towels which are sacred to each Doukhobor.

Upon marrying, a [Doukhobor] woman should begin to sew such rushniki, although the word “sew” does not accurately reflect the volume of work involved. It is difficult to imagine that it is all done by a single mistress; sewn multi-colored satin ribbons, embroidered satin, cross-stitch, crochet, hand-drawn patterns covered with varnish, combining all the elements in a single composition. And each rushnik, or more accurately, its band, symbolically represents a particular stage in the life of the needlewoman, reflecting her individual perception of the world, the successes and hardships experienced, emotions… Rushniki receive the newborn; they also cover the deceased before burial. Children are not baptized. They themselves perform the funeral service for the deceased, and at the commemoration, borshch (vegetable soup), lapsha (noodles), pastries and vodka are served.

The sunduk (hope chest) is also an indispensable feature for every “marriageable” girl. The father of the bride makes it by hand, and always without nails. On the surface a pattern is burned which is covered with lacquer, and in the corner the initials of the craftsman are put. With such a chest, and its contents, the young wife enters the family of the husband. Incidentally, it is worth noting that the woman begins to sew her “death clothes” as soon as she marries.

Doukhobors do not acknowledge church and traditional religious rites. For example, [the Orthodox custom of] drawing water for a baptism at midnight or taking it from a river, or directly from under a crane. To this day, elements of the Old Russian and Ukrainian languages have survived in the speech of these people, and as a memory of the distant past, the popular legend of the priest who did not actually hold the post, but taught others about the “true path”.

The bands of the rushnik – a Dmanisi Doukhobor handicraft – reflect the individual perceptions, experiences and emotions of its maker.

On Sundays at sunrise, Doukhobors gather in a prayer home. In sequence, one after another, they read psalms, which are transmitted from generation to generation, or else are composed directly during prayer.

God is Spirit / God is a Man, / To the Spirit of God, I pray and bow, / Thus I am a Doukhobor – so Elizaveta Fedorovna Bludova explains the essence of the psalms and teachings.

On a table at Elizaveta Fedorovna’s is an old, but good condition copy of Leo Tolstoy’s book, “Resurrection”. The novel, undoubtedly, has been read and reread many times. Her respect for Leo Tolstoy is particularly vibrant. And no wonder! His sermon on nonviolent resistance to evil, a message of love and forgiveness, liberation from crude ecclesiastical rituals coupled with a call for passive resistance to authority, and the individual spiritual component – is something for which the Doukhobors have suffered! The novel “Resurrection”, with its story of personal spiritual revival, and sharp criticism of the church embodied in the narrative, became one of the reasons for Tolstoy’s excommunication by the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church. But here they honour and remember the great writer who, in the 1890’s, saved thousands of Doukhobors, assisting in their migration from sweltering Cyprus to Canada, whose climatic conditions were better suited for settlement by Russian people.

[Incidentally] few people know that the famous Russian artist Vasily Vasil’evich Vereshchagin drew his painting “Doukhobors Praying” in Dmanisi.

Today, the Doukhobors in Dmanisi are relatively few. The first Georgian President, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, proposed that the Doukhobors return to their historical homeland [of Russia]. On his orders, in 1993-1994, the [Georgian] state bought up Doukhobor houses for quite a good sum. It was then that the bulk of the [Doukhobor] youth went to Tula, Tambov, Lipetsk and Rostov regions. Others – assimilated and began to enter into mixed marriages.

Doukhobor folk patterns etched on a sunduk (hope chest) etched into the wood using pyrography, the art of decorating wood with burn marks from the controlled application of a heated tool.

Vasilisa Minakova, Chairman of the Center for Russian Culture “ISKRA”, represents the average generation of Doukhobors. She combines working as a teacher of Russian language and literature at the Dmanisi primary school with public service. At the center, English and Russian language courses are offered, and whenever possible, attention is paid to urgent problems of the elderly [Doukhobor] people.

Dmanisi has always been distinguished for its kindness and humanity – shares Vasilisa Minakova. “Three years ago, with the support of the head of regional administration Bakuri Mgeladze and the deputy from our area, the president of the pharmaceutical company “PSP”, Kahi Okreashvili, opened a dining-room in Dmanisi for needy pensioners. From 43 people, who make use of it, most of them comprise of single Doukhobors. What the dining-room means to them is self evident. In the name of all participants, I would like to thank not only the initiators, but also the directors of the dining-room Natalia Kavlelashvili, and also the whole collective for their good heart and skillful hands”. With only limited funds, without time-off on holidays, and in spite of frequent stoppage of gas and electricity, they always come out “on top”, they do not turn anyone away without a bowl of soup. There was a time when a total stranger came to the dining-room who had lost his documents; while he was replacing them, he relied largely on the goodness of the collective of this dining-room.

Surrounded by beautiful mountains, reminiscent of the Egyptian pyramids, the River Mashavera and the land, once the promised land of the Doukhobors, stretches the small town of Dmanisi. And in it live a very hospitable, very sweet, kind and hardworking people, those who consider Georgia as their homeland, who love this land, their old homes, small gardens…

These people do not seek attention to themselves: they are not inclined to stand out in front of cameras and give extensive interviews. But they do not decline to, either. So as not to offend. They do not transgress the law of love to one another. And [they desire] only that which is necessary – which is the peaceful sky above, good health, mutual assistance and care for others. From the point of view of the state or from humanitarian organizations, there is no difference – goodness is goodness.

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Surname-Village Index of Doukhobors in the Caucasus, 1853

Post author By Jonathan J. Kalmakoff
Post date November 11, 2020

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 alphabetically by surname to find the villages in which the surname occurred in 1853. Then follow the instructions at the bottom of this page to consult the full extracted and translated data from the tax register. It is also possible to search geographically by village.

Index – A – B – Ch – D – E – F – G – I – K – L – M – N – O – P – R – S – T – U – V – Y – Z

– A –

Abakumov
Slavyanka.

Abarovsky
Novo-Goreloye.

Abrosimov
Efremovka, Goreloye.

Agafonov
Slavyanka.

Andreev
Slavyanka.

Androsov
Novo-Troitskoye.

Antyufeev
Novo-Spasskoye (Antofeev), Bashkichet (Antufeev), Troitskoye.

Argatov
Slavyanka.

Arishchenkov
Efremovka, Rodionovka.

Astafurov
Goreloye, Novo-Goreloye.

– B –

Babaev
Spasskoye.

Babakaev
Orlovka, Slavyanka

Balabanov
Efremovka, Goreloye.

Barabanov
Bogdanovka.

Baturin
Goreloye, Shashka.

Bayov
Shashka.

Bedin, Bedinov
Bogdanovka (Bedinov), Orlovka (Bedinov), Slavyanka (Bedinov), Spasskoye.

Beloivanov
Slavyanka.

Belousov
Goreloye.

Bezperstov
Efremovka.

Biryukov
Bogdanovka.

Bludov
Bashkichet, Novo-Troitskoye, Slavyanka, Troitskoye.

Bondarev
Slavyanka.

Borisenkov
Novo-Spasskoye, Rodionovka.

Borisov
Goreloye, Shashka.

Bortsov
Novo-Spasskoye, Orlovka, Shashka.

Botkin
Spasskoye.

Bryunin
Slavyanka.

Bulanov
Slavyank

Bykanov
Rodionovka.

Bykovskoy
Novo-Spasskoye.

– Ch –

Chernenkov
Bogdanovka, Slavyanka.

Chernov
Bogdanovka, Ormasheni, Slavyanka.

Chernyshev
Bashkichet.

Chekmarev
Efremovka (Chekmarov), Karaklisi, Orlovka (Chekmarov).

Cherkashov
Orlovka, Rodionovka.

Chuchmaev
Goreloye.

Chursin
Shashka, Spasskoye.

Chutsky, Chutskoy, Chutsenko
Novo-Spasskoye (Chutskoy), Shashka (Chutsky, Chutskoy, Chutsenko).

Chuvild’eev
Novo-Spasskoye (Chevild’eev), Karaklisi (Shiveldeev), Efremovka, Rodionovka.

– D –

Danshin
Slavyanka.

Davidov
Slavyanka.

Dement’ev
Bashkichet, Slavyanka.

Demin
Goreloye, Orlovka, Shashka.

Dergausov
Karabulakh, Novo-Troitskoye (Dergousov).

Dorodlev
Slavyanka.

Dorofeev
Orlovka.

Drozdov
Ormasheni.

Dubasov
Efremovka, Slavyanka, Troitskoye.

Dubinin
Goreloye, Orlovka.

Dutov
Goreloye, Orlovka, Rodionovka, Troitskoye.

D’yakov
Bashkichet, Karaklisi, Troitskoye.

Dymovsky
Slavyanka.

– E –

Efanov
Novo-Troitskoye.

Egorov
Slavyanka.

Eletsky
Goreloye, Slavyanka.

Ereshenkov
Orlovka.

Esaulov
Novo-Goreloye.

Evdokimov
Rodionovka.

Evsyukov
Novo-Goreloye, Slavyanka.

– F –

Fedosov
Novo-Spasskoye, Novo-Troitskoye, Slavyanka.

Filipov
Slavyanka.

Fofonov
Efremovka, Novo-Goreloye, Novo-Troitskoye.

Fomin, Fominov
Rodionovka, Slavyanka (Fominov), Troitskoye.

– G –

Gerasimov
Slavyanka.

Glagol’ev
Shashka.

Glaskov
Ormasheni.

Glebov
Rodionovka.

Glukhov
Novo-Troitskoye, Spasskoye.

Gnezdinov
Novo-Troitskoye.

Golishchov
Bogdanovka.

Gololobov
Goreloye.

Golovanov
Novo-Troitskoye.

Golubov
Slavyanka, Spasskoye.

Goncharov
Novo-Goreloye, Ormasheni (Goncharev), Goreloye, Rodionovka.

Gorelkin
Slavyanka.

Gor’kov, Gorkin
Efremovka, Novo-Goreloye, Novo-Spasskoye, Shashka (Gorkin).

Gorshenin
Slavyanka.

Gremyakin
Bogdanovka.

Gritchin
Slavyanka, Bogdanovka (Grichin), Orlovka (Grichin).

Grushkin
Slavyanka.

Gubanov
Goreloye, Novo-Goreloye, Orlovka.

Gulyaev
Novo-Troitskoye, Orlovka.

– I –

Il’in
Goreloye, Spasskoye, Troitskoye.

Il’yasov
Rodionovka.

Isakin
Slavyanka.

Ivanov
Slavyanka.

Ivashin
Slavyanka.

Ivin
Efremovka.

– K –

Kabatov
Slavyanka, Troitskoye (Kobatov).

Kalmykov
Novo-Goreloye (Kolmakov, Kalmakov), Orlovka, Goreloye (Kalmikov).

Kanigin
Slavyanka.

Karev
Slavyanka, Orlovka, Goreloye.

Kasogov
Slavyanka.

Katasanov
Orlovka, Shashka.

Kazakov
Orlovka (Kozakov), Shashka.

Khabarov
Slavyanka.

Khilimov
Slavyanka.

Khadykin
Rodionovka.

Kholodinin
Orlovka.

Khokhlin
Goreloye.

Khudyakov
Novo-Troitskoye, Novo-Goreloye (Khudekov), Rodionovka (Khud’yakov).

Kinyakin
Karaklisi, Slavyanka, Spasskoye.

Kireev
Slavyanka.

Kotel’nikov
Slavyanka.

Kolesnikov
Slavyanka (Kalesnikov), Karabulakh, Bogdanovka, Troitskoye.

Kolodin
Slavyanka.

Konkin
Novo-Spasskoye, Orlovka, Slavyanka, Troitskoye.

Korolov
Slavyanka.

Kovalev
Slavyanka.

Kozlachkov
Slavyanka.

Krasnikov
Goreloye.

Krikunov
Goreloye.

Krygin
Orlovka.

Kryukov
Slavyanka.

Kuchin
Orlovka, Shashka.

Kudrin
Orlovka.

Kukhtinov
Goreloye, Rodionovka.

Kunavin
Slavyanka.

Kuranov
Shashka.

Kurbatov
Spasskoye.

Kutnyakov
Novo-Spasskoye, Shashka.

Kuz’min
Orlovka.

Kuznetsov
Rodionovka, Slavyanka.

– L –

Lakhtin
Orlovka (Laktin), Rodionovka.

Lapshin
Novo-Goreloye.

Larin
Goreloye.

Lavrenchenkov
Rodionovka (Lavrenchikov).

Lazarev
Karaklisi, Novo-Spasskoye.

Lebedev
Bogdanovka, Rodionovka.

Levanov
Shashka.

Lesnikov
Efremovka.

Lezhebokov
Bogdanovka.

Lityagin
Goreloye.

Lobintsov
Rodionovka.

Luk’yanov
Bogdanovka.

Lunin
Novo-Troitskoye.

– M –

Makeev
Rodionovka.

Makhonin
Bogdanovka, Slavyanka.

Makhortov
Novo-Spasskoye, Orlovka.

Malakhov
Bogdanovka.

Malikov
Novo-Goreloye.

Malov
Slavyanka, Spasskoye.

Markin
Efremovka, Goreloye, Rodionovka, Slavyanka, Troitskoye.

Markov
Novo-Goreloye, Orlovka, Troitskoye.

Maslov
Bogdanovka.

Matrosov
Bogdanovka.

Medvedev
Goreloye, Slavyanka.

Menyakin
Karaklisi.

Mezentsov
Rodionovka.

Miroshnikov
Slavyanka, Spasskoye.

Mitin
Slavyanka, Spasskoye.

Molchanov
Bogdanovka, Karaklisi.

Morozov
Slavyanka.

Mudrov
Orlovka.

Mukoseev
Efremovka.

Mukovnin
Novo-Goreloye.

Mzhel’sky
Rodionovka (Mozhel’sky).

– N –

Nadein
Troitskoye.

Nagornoy, Nagornov
Bashkichet (Nagornoy), Novo-Spasskoye (Nagornov).

Naidenov
Bogdanovka.

Nazarov
Efremovka, Spasskoye.

Negreev
Novo-Spasskoye, Orlovka.

Nemakhov
Slavyanka.

Nemanikhin
Slavyanka.

Nichvolodov
Slavyanka (Nichvalodov), Goreloye, Efremovka.

Nosov
Orlovka.

Novikov
Bogdanovka.

Novokshonov
Novo-Troitskoye (Novokshenov), Novo-Spasskoye (Novokshenov), Karaklisi, Orlovka, Efremovka (Novokshanov).

– O –

Obedkov
Bashkichet, Efremovka (Obetkov), Novo-Spasskoye.

Oslopov
Efremovka.

Ostrikov
Rodionovka.

Ozerov
Slavyanka, Spasskoye.

– P –

Pankov
Goreloye.

Parakhin
Efremovka, Novo-Troitskoye.

Parazikhin
Novo-Goreloye, Novo-Spasskoye.

Panferkov
Slavyanka.

Parkin
Karaklisi, Efremovka.

Pikhtin
Slavyanka.

Pepin
Slavyanka.

Peregudov
Slavyanka.

Perepelkin
Novo-Spasskoye, Ormasheni, Bogdanovka, Orlovka.

Pereverzov
Novo-Troitskoye, Slavyanka, Novo-Goreloye, Efremovka (Pereverzev).

Petrov
Slavyanka, Spasskoye.

Planidin
Shashka, Slavyanka.

Plakhov
Novo-Troitskoye (Plokhov), Rodionovka.

Plaksin
Novo-Troitskoye.

Plotnikov
Slavyanka.

Podkolzin
Orlovka.

Podovinnikov, Podovil’nikov, Padovsky
Slavyanka (Podovil’nikov), Bogdanovka (Podavinikov, Padovsky).

Pogozhey, Pogozhev
Bashkichet (Pogozhey), Slavyanka (Pogozhev)

Polikarpov
Slavyanka.

Polovnikov
Slavyanka.

Ponomarev
Ormasheni, Shashka.

Popov
Bogdanovka, Efremovka, Novo-Troitskoye, Rodionovka, Shashka, Slavyanka, Spasskoye.

Posnikov
Orlovka, Slavyanka.

Potapov
Goreloye, Rodionovka.

Povalyaev
Orlovka.

Poznyakov
Bogdanovka, Spasskoye.

Pramorukov
Goreloye (Premorukov).

Pugachev
Slavyanka.

Putilin
Troitskoye.

– R –

Raskazov
Slavyanka.

Remizov
Shashka.

Repin
Bogdanovka, Slavyanka, Spasskoye.

Rezantsov
Ormasheni (Rezantsev), Orlovka, Efremovka, Shashka (Rezantsev).

Robyshev
Novo-Troitskoye.

Romanov
Orlovka.

Rozinkin
Orlovka, Rodionovka (Rozynkin).

Rybalkin
Novo-Goreloye, Novo-Spasskoye.

Rybin
Goreloye, Novo-Goreloye, Novo-Troitskoye, Troitskoye.

Ryl’kov, Rylkin
Karabulakh (Rylkin), Novo-Goreloye, Orlovka, Shashka.

– S –

Sadkov
Slavyanka.

Safonov
Rodionovka, Slavyanka.

Salychev
Karaklisi.

Salykin
Slavyanka (Salikin), Novo-Spasskoye (Salikin), Karabulakh, Ormasheni, Orlovka, Goreloye, Efremovka.

Samoylov
Efremovka, Novo-Goreloye, Orlovka, Slavyanka.

Smorodin, Samorodin
Goreloye (Smorodin), Novo-Goreloye (Samorodin).

Samsonov
Rodionovka.

Saplin
Slavyanka.

Saprikin
Bogdanovka.

Sapunov
Goreloye.

Savenko, Savenkov
Slavyanka (Savinkov), Ormasheni (Savenko), Orlovka, Goreloye, Shashka.

Savitsky
Karabulakh, Shashka.

Semenishchev
Slavyanka.

Semenov
Slavyanka.

Semenyutin
Goreloye.

Shapkin
Goreloye.

Shcherbinin
Bogdanovka.

Shchekin
Orlovka.

Shchukin
Novo-Troitskoye, Goreloye, Orlovka.

Sherstobitov
Novo-Troitskoye, Efremovka.

Shilov
Novo-Troitskoye.

Shishkin
Slavyanka.

Shkuratov
Ormasheni.

Shlyakhov
Bogdanovka.

Shtuchnoy, Shtuchnov
Efremovka (Shtuchnov), Slavyanka (Shtuchnoy).

Shumilin
Slavyanka.

Shustov
Slavyanka.

Skachkov
Bashkichet, Spasskoye.

Skoblikov
Novo-Troitskoye.

Slastukhin
Slavyanka, Troitskoye.

Slobodin
Ormasheni.

Soloveev
Slavyanka.

Sopov
Novo-Spasskoye, Rodionovka.

Sorokin
Karaklisi.

Sotnikov
Orlovka.

Storozhov
Orlovka.

Stupnikov
Slavyanka, Spasskoye.

Strelyaev
Karaklisi, Novo-Spasskoye, Orlovka, Shashka, Slavyanka.

Stroev
Troitskoye.

Strukov
Rodionovka.

Sukhachev
Novo-Troitskoye.

Sukharev
Slavyanka, Bogdanovka, Spasskoye, Troitskoye (Sukharov).

Sukhorukov
Goreloye, Novo-Goreloye.

Sukhoveev
Slavyanka, Goreloye.

Susoev
Rodionovka, Slavyanka.

Svetlichnev
Novo-Troitskoye.

Svetlikov
Slavyanka.

Sviridov
Karaklisi.

– T –

Taranov
Goreloye.

Tarasov
Slavyanka.

Terekhov
Novo-Troitskoye, Slavyanka (Terikhov), Goreloye.

Tikhanov
Orlovka.

Tolmachev
Orlovka.

Tomilin
Novo-Goreloye, Spasskoye, Goreloye (Tamilin).

Trofimov
Shashka, Spasskoye.

Trubitsin
Novo-Goreloye.

Trushin
Slavyanka.

Tsybulkin
Spasskoye.

Tupikin
Efremovka.

Turtsov
Troitskoye.

– U –

Uglov
Orlovka.

Usachev
Slavyanka.

Uvarov
Orlovka.

– V –

Vanin
Bogdanovka.

Vanzhov
Novo-Spasskoye.

Vasilenkov
Bogdanovka, Slavyanka, Spasskoye.

Verishchagin
Slavyanka, Ormasheni (Vereshchagin), Bogdanovka (Vereshchagin), Troitskoye.

Verigin
Rodionovka, Slavyanka, Spasskoye, Troitskoye.

Vlasov
Bashkichet, Goreloye, Rodionovka.

Vodopshin
Slavyanka.

Voykin
Slavyanka, Spasskoye, Troitskoye.

Vorobeev
Orlovka.

Voronkov
Orlovka.

Vyatkin
Goreloye, Novo-Troitskoye, Slavyanka.

Vyshlov
Efremovka, Novo-Goreloye, Novo-Troitskoye, Shashka.

– Y –

Yashchenkov
Shashka.

Yuritsin
Troitskoye.

– Z –

Zaitsov
Slavyanka, Troitskoye.

Zakharov
Orlovka.

Zarshchikov
Slavyanka, Novo-Goreloye (Zarchukov), Ormasheni.

Zarubin
Goreloye, Slavyanka.

Zbitnev
Novo-Spasskoye, Rodionovka, Spasskoye.

Zharikov
Goreloye.

Zhivotov
Slavyanka.

Zhmaev
Goreloye, Rodionovka.

Zhurav’lev
Slavyanka.

Zibarov
Slavyanka.

Zibin
Slavyanka.

Zubenkov
Orlovka, Shashka.

Zubkov
Goreloye, Rodionovka, Troitskoye.

Caucasus Map

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.

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Village-Surname Index of Doukhobors in the Caucasus, 1853

Post author By Jonathan J. Kalmakoff
Post date November 11, 2020

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.)