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"Peace key to future

By CasNews Staff

Peace — both on a world-
wide scale and within the
splintered Doukhobor ranks
— holds the key to the future.
At least that was the feeling
from Sunday night’s public
forum on the future at the
first-over International
Doukhobor Intergroup Sym-
posium.

‘John Semenoff, chairman
of the Union of Spiritual
Communities of Christ com-
mittee of world disarma-
ment, told the 450 people at
the forum that the danger of
war is increasing.

“They're making more
arms every day,” he said,
adding, “What we are doing
is not enough.”

He said it is essential the
population be mobilized .so
that “every adult ‘and child”
can make their commitment
to peace.

“If we have to go to every
home, that is what we are
going to do.”

One speaker said the pri-
mary purpose of the sympo-
sium is to unite people in a
stand against war “and for
peace.” However, he criti-
cized the western media and
authorities for always blam-

ing the Soviet Union for its”

buildup of arms,

He said he wanted to com-
mend the Soviet people for
their efforts in peace. “Soviet
people do not want war, but
live for peace.” He added he
sees a “complete desire and
willingness” for peace on the
part of the Soviet delegation
to the symposium.

Moderator Koozma Tara-
soff warned the audience
against straying into the
politics of the situation not-
ing the forum was to look at
the “wider issues of cultural
preservation.” But one wom-
an countered that the peace
movement is “superficial”
unless it heads into the poli-

_tical sphere.
She said the current “cold

war environment” is affect-
ing the health of children,
She added that she has been
laid off from jobs for no other
reason: than her opinions.

Another speaker said the
future of the Doukhobor
movement — and ~ other
movements — lies with
young people, though he
doesn't see enough young
people taking part.

Panelist Charles Frantz, an
anthropoligist '- from, . New
York State University, said
that some communities. hold
onto their children to perpe-
trate the community.

He pointed to the conser-
vative Quakers and some
Hutterites,but said the Mor.
mons are the most notable
group that carry out such: a
practice.
~ He said the Mormons have
a@ compulsory service | for
their youth, who are sent out
as missionaries.

Meanwhile, the question of
returning to the communal

way of lifo received a sista

show of support from Douk-
hobors presont. When Greg
Cran ‘of the provincial At-
torney General's Ministry
asked how many would like
to return to the

strife between different
Doukhobor sects was also
raised several times.

One -speaker said, “The
question of terrorism ‘is one
of paramount importance in

He

way of. life, he received a
standing ovation.

Nadyia Tarasoff suggested
the Doukhobors take part in
the International Children's
Village —'a relatively, new
concept. She ‘said children
from all over the world live
together for a month during
the summer,

* Tarasoff said the only way

. to ensure peace is to have

children live’ together’ for
a month “and share cultures
and share values.” 3
She said she would like to
of Doukho-

sald among the Doukhobors
there is an interpretation by
radical gropus that since fire
was used in the historical
burning ‘of arms. in 1895,
“therefore fire is holy. /“

He said the radical groups
are burning valuable prop-
erty and “causing a lot of dis-

‘uption in our Telatonehipe

here.”

However, a Sons of Free-
dom Woman said, “The ques-
tion of fire is very serious.
It's meaning is very deep and

hing." She added, “'Per-

bor children visit other coun-
tries and the Doukhobors
host a camp here for children
from 12 countries. "That’s my
challenge,” she added.

The issue of terrorism and

sonally we do not like the
fire, but it is inevitable.”

She said fire is not “op-
pression,” but “salvation.”
“The fire is given also to test
our faith.” .

- Symposium an experience

By CasNews Staif

The results of a ques-
tionnaire distributed to all
delegates during the Inter-
national Doukhobor Inter-
group Symposium held this
weekend will likely be com-
piled as part of book being
published this fall.

Symposium coordinator
Koozma Tarasoff said in a
interview following a press
conference Monday that the
results of the two-page eval-
uation will give the planning
committee some idea of how
successful the conference
was.

Tarasoff said during the
press conference held at Sel-
kirk College that the book,

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to.the public, could be a pic-
torial view of the symposium.

“The idea of the sympo-
sium was to get people of the
four traditional peace groups
together to discuss issues of
similar concern such as peace
and the survival of tradition.

“My feeling is that I think
we've accomplished many
ofthe aims that we set out to

0."

Speaking to members of
the press and symposium
panelists, Tarasoff continued,
“I think it’s been a learning
experience. We've learned
not just for ourselves but also
sharing lessons that ‘the
other gropus have had in
their own experience.”

‘The'epress con ference

periences with the wider
Canadian society.

He said that in his ex-
perience studying various
racial gropus in Africa south
of the Sahara desert that “it
seems that groups which
withdraw and seek self-suf-
ficiency and complete auto-
nomy are the least likely to
succeed; but if they do per-
sist, it is likely to be as sub-

ordinates or clients to other -

groups and individuals who
have higher status’ or
power.”

Although he did not advo-
cate assimilation, he said la-
ter in an interview that the
Doukhobors should “break
out of their shell." And he

_ added that the symposium-

was not the first step because
Doukhobors and the other
three participating pacifist
groups were already active in

scholars and
Orthodox , Doukhobor, ie
onnite, Molokan.and Quaker
_religious sects exchanged
ideas on the future.

On Sunday, about 500
people gathered in the ,con-
ference hall to listen to topics
ranging from personal ex-
periences of love and religion

to of

world peace.

Panelist Brian Marshall,
representative of the federal
multiculturalism program,
said the government was
trying to cultivate “a sense of
belonging” among Canadians.

Like Frantz, he said it was
important f for groups such as
D

-the Doukt

the to retain

to the Canadian cultural mo-
saic.

Anthropologist Charles

their culture and
traditions while at the same

-time looking “forward to new

“Brantz of New York State
University said the Doukho-
bors should share their ex-

with other Can-
adians.” *

Continuing the topic of the
Doukhobor relation to wider

society, Vancouver lawyer
Peter Faminow asked mem-
bers of the audience to con-
sider becoming “a citizen of
the world,”

But Faminow pointed out a
few of the failings in the or-
ganization of the symposium.
He asked why there was only
one female panelist, and few
youths participating.

- A spokesmen for the res-
idents in Krestova,, Nick
Nevokshonoff, called upon
the Doukhobor people to re-

life.

Speaking through a trans-
lator; he said “The, times
gave’ us many comfortable
things which are not very
good for. us.”

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the

CASTLEGAR NEWS, June 30, 1982

Common people the key

By CHERYL WISHLOW
Staff Writer
In the eyes of Ilya Tolstoy,
great-grandson of Leo Tol-
stoy, the most significant fact
about the International
Doukhobor Intergroup Sym-

¥ posium held this weekend in

Brilliant, was that “not pro-
fessors alone took part, but

; all common people who are

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Peisnaae of the burning | of arms. Here they are seen singing psalms of praise: *

87TH ANNIVERSARY

87the

vitally interested in peace,”

Tolstoy, speaking through
an interpreter to over 400
guests at the closing banquet.
Monday evening at the Bril-
liant Cultural Centre noted
the symposium was not a
symposium of the selected
people — of the elite.

“Our symposium in its
it was a folk sym-

of the

ers," Tolstoy said. “I don't
think we have to doubt that
its very good.

“You can’t become iso-
lated," he told them.

“You have managed to
take all the best features and
characters from . Canadian
people and you go to other
countries abroad and to the
Soviet Union. All this brings
us together — it gives birth
to very kind feelings towards
people of other. nationalities
and enriches us.

“Of course I cannot but say
a few words about the hos-
pitality which we were af-
forded here — about the at-
mosphere of kindness, I
would call it love which sur-
rounds. us here.”

Tolstoy concluded in

i organi-

posiam
people.”
“With much interest," he
said, “and most excitedly, we
listened to the speeches of
the common people — men
and women, the Doukhobors,
who spoke about high ideals

. of mankind, who are vitally

excited about the future of all
the people on earth and who
think that from this point of
view, the symposium holds a
are place amongst sim-

Arms burning observed

By CasNews Staff

Doukhobors and other par-
ticipants of the International §

Doukhobor Intergroup Sym-
posium gathered at the
Doukhobor Historical Village
Monday to commemorate the

87th anniversary of the first A

pacifist declaration of the
Doukhobors: the burning of
arms in Southern Russia,
which took place June 28 and
29, 1895.

On Monday, Doukhobors
gathered, to sing psalms of;
praise. Greetings came. from"
Uhion of Spiritual Commun-
ities of Christ honorary chair-
man John Verigin and rep-
resentatives of the Quakers,
Mennonites, Molokans, and
honored guest Ilya Tolstoy,
great-grandson of Leo Tol-
stoy.

An outdoor picnic followed
the ceremony.

Danielle Kazakoff, 95, of
Kamsack who was in Castle-
gar for the symposium, re-
called participating in the
burning of arms, in an inter-
view with the Castlegar
News.

“They got together in the
evening and got their arms
together,” Kazakoff said
through an interpretor.

He said the participants
brought coal oil and coal to
start the fire.

The weapons included gov-
ernment-issued guns, knives
and swords, according to his-
torical literature.

Kazakoff said about 7,000
Doukhobors participated in
the burning of arms, which
was done simultaneously in
the three areas. Kazakoff
witnessed the burning in the

DANIELLE KAZAKOFF
++. Witnessed burning

village of Arlovka. He said
the pile of arms was about 12
feet long. .

“There was a small group
left behind — the ones that
didn’t burn (their arms},” he
said.

Kazakoff said someone let
the Czar of Russia know
about the burning and 24
Cossacks came to his village.

“They (the cossacks) lost
the trail so by the time they
appeared, the fire arms were
already destroyed,” he said.
“When they arrived the peo-
ple were all singing.”

“When the cossacks ar-
rived, the commander of the
Cossacks ordered the people
to take their hats off. The
people were standing with
their hats on and they didn't
take their hats off,” he said.

“When they (the people)
didn’t take their hats off, he

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ordered the Cossacks to whip
the people and they (the Cos-
sacks) started to chase them
to the village.”

Many of these Doukhobors
were then scattered to Geo-

ilar or wi
ings.

“We have come from the
Soviet Union and feel we
have met people that think
the‘same way on vital issues
on war and peace,” he said.

Tolstoy noted another pec-
uliarity of the symposium
— its international character.

“In my report (at the sym-
posijm) I spoke about that
the Doukhobors managed to
preserve their original char-
acter, their national charac-
ter and the language of their

rgia in T

and

zers for the fine organization
of the conference, hosts
Peter and Lucy Voykin, all
whom he met and spoke with,
and all those who took part in
the symposium.

Tolstoy presented ‘the

Union of Spiritual Commun-
ities of Christ with a collec-
tion of volumes of Tolstoy for
the communal library.
* Tolstoy also received a gift
—a selection of roses to mark
his 58rd birthday, which he
celebrated Tuesday.

The presentation was
made by Laura Verigin, wife
of USCC honorary chairman
John Verigin. The roses were
picked from Verigin’s tomb
and the garden at the home

of the late Anna Markova.

that all panelists would re-
ceive a record album of a sel-
ection of Union of Spiritual
Communities of Christ youth
festivals,

Also at the banquet, Dan-
ielle Kazakoff, 95, of Kam-
sack, Sask. was recognized as
being a participant in _the
first of

sium of the people and that's
important,” he noted,

Evening entertainment in-
cluded a performance by
members of the USCC union
of youth council, singing an
international number.

As well, Robert Minden,
who has produced a series of
on the Douk-

burning of fire arms in Russia
in 1

Symposium coordinator
Koozma Tarasoff also gave a
summary’ of the symposium.,

The symposium has seen
four levels at work, Tarasoff
— a Doukhobor historical
writer:— told the audience,

One level is the search
within one’s own group, es-
pecially looking at what the
future holds. A second is
trying to figure out what it
feels like to step in the shoes
of the other person. Another
is the national level — de-
picting how each can fit into
the multi-cultural society.

The fourth level is the in-
ternational level — how to
bring about peace in the
world, starting at a personal
level.

UN APPEAL

One highlight of the sym-
posium that Tarasoff noted
was the appeal for disar-
mament sent to the United
Nations.

“Much learning has taken.
place, although we may not
know at this moment the real
impact of what may occur in
the future.

“We have learned that dis-

Tolstoy was also
with a life membership to the
Kootenay Doukhobor Histor-
ical Village. Peter Elkington,
teacher at Revelstoke Sec-
ondary School also received a
membership.

John Verigin announced

a are op
ties for learning,” he said.
“We have learned that the
visions of our forefathers can
be recreated with cooper-
ative efforts,” he said. “Then
we can make our visions
come true.” “It’s a sympo-

hobors, entertained the audi-
ence with the musical ren-
dition of his saw.

As well, Minden performed
a vocal number with Eli and
Dorothy Popoff, Nick and
Doris Ozerkoff, and Peter

and Helen Horkoff of Grand .
Forks, whom he came to

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