Doukhobors
a Russian sect of religious fanatics, which originated among the peasants of the Kharkov government, in 1733. The Russian Orthodox Church being very intolerant of any departure from its creed, the Doukhobors suffered a great deal of persecution, and were finally forced to colonize in Taurida. In 1890 the persecutions became so acute that great numbers of them fled abroad, the bulk of the refugees, nine thousand in number, finding refuge in Canada.
Here they colonized in Manitoba, and caused the Canadian Government much trouble because of their unwillingness to conform to certain laws. The Doukhobors deny the divinity of Christ, the existence of the Holy Ghost, and tolerate neither priests nor church. They are unalterably opposed to war, and even to fuse to wear shoes made of leather. the killing of animals, SO that they re- , so that they re- Gentle and harmless when allowed to shown remarkable stubbornness when eflead their own manner of life, they have forts have been made to force them to conform to general usage.