Kars Area Molokans


1939 Photos from Al Serguiff's journey from Los Angeles to find relatives.

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Youth Group

Wedding
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House
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Older Group
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Beehives
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Samovars
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A main street in Kars


1960's Pictures from Turkdogan's Ph.D. Thesis Book
See the Molokan Heritage Collection, Volume II: Molokans in Turkey.

Maps:  Kars (large),   Achilar (large),  Yalinchayir (large)

Photos: 



Achilar street

Bricks

Cemetary

Church

Coats

Elder

House

School

Spindle

Wagon

Wedding

Woolcomb

1987 Photos by Anne (Tolmasoff) Strubar and daughter Rose, from Oregon.
With memories of her grandfather's descriptions of their family's life and history in Kars oblast, Anne was able to find his house, great-grandfather's orchard (surrounded by a stone wall he built), and many Molokan sites. These photos are form their scrapbook of that trip and from Rose's return trup in 1989. Rose was working in Turkey with a religious organization. Anne came to visit Rose and visit Kars.

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Ann (Tolmasoff) Strubar in Chakmak
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All of Chakmak
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Rose at Melikoi church used before 1962 migration to Russia
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