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I arrived in Iakutsk and stayed with my close friend, Pëtr I. Shchukin. Before I was put into prison, we had always treated each other with warmth and sincerity. When the arrests began, he was arrested and put into jail as well. He was not liable for military duty, but he was arrested for his trip to Ordagan, where eight Doukhobors including his brother Larion were doing military service. A week after his visit there, all eight Doukhobors in Ordagan turned in their guns. The interrogation and questioning started, and some other soldiers reported that a week ago there was one Doukhobor visitor who spoke with the soldiers. He was arrested for this as the principal criminal and thrown into jail.
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Iakutsk (Yakutsk) is a sub-Arctic city in Siberia with a harsh continental climate. During winters, it is one of the coldest cities in the world. It is the homeland of the Yakut (Sakha) people, the indigenous population of the area. It was used by the Russian government as a place of exile. Today it is the capital of Sakha republic.
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Nel’kan is a town in Siberia in Iakut (Yakut) Republic, Russia.
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Aian is a small Russian port town in Khabarovsk region on the Okhotsk Sea.
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Skoptsy were a religious sect that originated in Russia in the eighteenth century. The name of the sect comes from the word “oskopit’” (castrate).
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Petropavlovsk(oe) is a village on the bank of Aldan river in Iakut (Yakut) region founded by Skoptsy in the late eighteenth century. It is located to the south-east of Iakutsk (over 300 km distance).
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“Tolstoyan” means a follower of Tolstoy’s teachings.
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Alekma (Olëkma), modern Olëkminsk, is a town in the Iakut region of Siberia.
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Kirensk is a town in Siberia to the north-east of Irkutsk, located between Irkutsk and Iakutsk.
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Iskut is probably “Ust’-Kut,” a town in Irkutsk region, eastern Siberia.
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Irkutsk is one of the largest cities in Siberia, located in Southern Siberia close to the Baǐkal Lake.
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Samara is a city in the eastern European part of Russia located high up the flow of the Volga river close to the confluence of the Volga and the Samara rivers.
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Astrakhan’ (or Astrakhan) is a town in southern Russia located in the delta of the Volga river where it flows into the Caspian Sea.
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Petrovsk is modern city of Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan Republic, Russian Federation. The city is located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea.
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Batum (modern name Batumi) is a port city on the Black sea coast. It is the second largest city of the country of Georgia, which at the time of the narrative, was a part of the Russian Empire.
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Elizavetpol’ (later Kirovabad, since 1989, Ganja) was the capital of Elizavetpol’ guberniia in the Russian Empire. Since the separation of Azerbaijan from the Soviet Union, it is one of the largest cities in Azerbaijan.
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Dzegam most likely refers to modern Dzagam (Dzegam), a town in Azerbaijan. At the time of the narrative, Azerbaijan was a part of the Russian Empire.
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Akstafa refers to Aghstafa, a town in Azerbaijan close to the borders with Armenia and Georgia. At the time of the narrative, Azerbaijan was a part of the Russian Empire.
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Tiflis is the old name of modern Tbilisi, the capital of the country of Georgia. In the nineteenth century, it was the capital of Tiflis guberniia, which was a part of the Russian Empire.
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Verigin, G.V. (2019). A Trip to Russia. In: Makarova, V., Ewashen, L. (eds) The Chronicles of Spirit Wrestlers' Immigration to Canada. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18525-1_23
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