Leo Tolstoy and the Canadian Doukhobors : a study in historic relationships / by Andrew Donskov.

Includes bibliographies and index.

"Following the completion of his major novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Russian writer Leo Tolstoy experienced a spiritual crisis that led him to denounce the privileges of his social class and its attendant material wealth and embrace the simple rural life of the peasantry. In the persecuted Russian Doukhobor sect, who also rejected militarism and church ritual in favour of finding God in their hearts, he saw a prime example of how it was possible to live his new-found pacifist ideals in everyday life. He was so taken with their lifestyle, calling the Doukhobors "people of the 25th century," that, in 1898, he decided to help finance their mass emigration to Canada, away from the persecutions of the Russian church and state. Donskov's expanded study presents an outline of Doukhobor history and beliefs, their harmony with Tolstoy's lifelong aim of "unity of people", and the portrayal of Doukhobors in Tolstoy's writings. This edition features Tolstoy's complete correspondence with Doukhobor leader Pëtr Vasil'evich Verigin. Three guest essays by prominent Canadian Doukhobors are also included. Supported by a considerable array of source materials, Donskov's monograph will be of relevance to anyone interested in religious, philosophical, sociological, pacifist, historical, or literary studies."--

Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO THE FIRST EDITION -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I THE DOUKHOBORS AND TOLSTOY -- CHAPTER 1 The Doukhobors: An Outline of Their History and Beliefs -- CHAPTER 2 The 'Unity of People' as Tolstoy's Lifelong Aim -- CHAPTER 3 Tolstoy and the Tolstoyans: State and Church Opposition -- CHAPTER 4 The Doukhobors' Journey to Canada in the Tolstoy Family's Correspondence -- CHAPTER 5 The Doukhobors in Tolstoy's Writings

CHAPTER 6 Tolstoy's Correspondence with Pëtr Vasil'evich Verigin -- Tolstoy and Verigin: Letters 1895-1910 -- CHAPTER 7 Tolstoy and the Canadian Doukhobors Today -- PART II GUEST ESSAYS BY THREE PROMINENT DOUKHOBORS -- What Tolstoy Means to Me as an Artist -- Lev Tolstoy in My Doukhobor Family Heritage -- What Lev Tolstoy Means to Me and the Doukhobors -- PART III ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS ON TOLSTOY AND THE DOUKHOBORS -- Excerpts from Sergej Tolstoy and the Doukhobors: A Journey to Canada -- Excerpts Concerning the Doukhobors from S. A. Tolstaya's Writings

PART IV ARCHIVAL LETTERS ON TOLSTOY AND THE DOUKHOBORS -- Archival Letters Concerning the Doukhobors -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX 1 Tolstoy and the Doukhobors: A Timeline -- APPENDIX 2 Eli A. Popoff: A Filial Tribute -- APPENDIX 3 Chronology of Tolstoy's Letters on the Doukhobors (1891-1910) -- APPENDIX 4 List of Sergej Tolstoy's Publications -- APPENDIX 5 Questionnaire for Doukhobors on L. N. Tolstoy -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF NAMES -- Back Cover

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