Spiritual Christians: References
See: Taxonomy of 3 Spiritual Christian groups: Molokane, Pryguny and Dukhizhizniki — books, fellowship, holidays, prophets and songs.
Sections below: Early History in Russia | History in America | Songbooks | Telephone Directories
* indicates Spiritual Christian author
V.D. Bonch-Bruevich, Materialy k istorii i izuchenii russkogo sektantstva (Materials Toward the History and Study of Russian Sectarianism). St. Petersburg, 1908-1916
Nicholas Breyfogle, Heretics and Colonizers: Religious dissent and Russian colonization of Transcausasia, 1830-1890 (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia). PhD thesis. University of Pennsylvania. 1999.
Frederick C. Conybeare, Russian Dissenters, Harvard Theological Studies, 1921.
A. Chertkova, Chto poiut russkie sektanty (What Russtian Sectartians Sing). Moscow, 1910;
N. Dingel'shtedt, Zakavkazskie sektanty v ikh semeinom religioznom bytu (Transcaucasian Sectarians in their Family and Religious Life). St. Petersburg, 1885
Peter Hoover with Serguei V. Petrov, The Russians' Secret: What Christians Today Would Survive Persecution? Benchmark Press. 247 pages
A.I. Klibanov, History of Russian Sectarianism in Russia (1860s-1917). (In English as: Molokan Heritage Collection -- Volume 0, translated by Ethel Dunn. Highgate Road Social Science Research Station. 450 page book with preface, 1982. Russian version also available. Only 700 copies were published in english. We purchased the remaining inventory of 120 and offer them at a discount. If you can find one in a store, the retail price is over $50. From us, it's $35.00)
V.I. Kozlov, Ed., Russkie Starozhily Zakavkaz'ia: Molokane i Dukhobortsy (Russian early settlers of the Transcaucasus: The Molokans and Dukhobors). Moscow: Institut of Etnologii i Antropologii RAN, 1995. 299 p. - Narody i Kul'tury - pbk. ISSN 0868-586X. $15.50. In Russian. A multidisciplinary study of the sectarians adaptation to the new natural, ethnic, cultural and linguistic environments. Contents and summary in English. Includes bibliographic references.
Evgeniia Lineva, "Psalms and Religious Songs of Russian Sectarians in the Caucasus," in Report of the Fourth Congress of the International Music Society. London, 1912, pp. 187-201.
Fedor V. Livanov, Istoriia Dukhovnykh Khristian Molokan (History of the Spiritual Christian Molokans). St. Petersburg, 1872.
Fedor V. Livanov, "Skopcheskie i khlystovskie pesni," in Raskol'ni I Ostrozhniki ("Skoptsy and Khlysty songs," vol. 3 of Schismatics and Convicts). St. Petersburg, 1872.
T.S. Rozhdestvenskii and M.I. Uspenskii, "Pesni russkikh sektantov mistikov," in Zapiski Imp. Russkogo Geograficheskogo obshchestva po otd. etnografii ("Songs of the Russian Mystical Sectarians," in Notes of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society Section on Ethnography), Vol. 35.
For clarifications of mislabeling below, see: Taxonomy of Taxonomy of 3 Spiritual Christian groups: Molokane, Pryguny and Dukhizhizniki — books, fellowship, holidays, prophets and songs
History in America
Pauline V. Young, Pilgrims of Russian-town, Chicago, 1932.
Pauline V. Young, "The Russian Molokans in Los Angeles 1929", American Journal of Sociology. Vol. 35 (1929), pp. 393-402.
Stephen E. Scott, "The Pilgrims of Russian-town Seventy Years Later", Old Order Notes, No. 26, Fall-Winter 2002. Pages 7-34.
Willard Burgess Moore. Russian Molokan religious legends. Masters thesis. University of California, Berkeley. 1971
Richard Haas Moore. Prisoners in the promised land : the story of the Molokans in World War I. Masters thesis. Arizona State University. 1972.
Sydney Rochelle Story. Spiritual Christians in Mexico : profile of a Russian village. PhD thesis. University of California, Los Angeles. 1960.
Richard A. Morris. Three Russian Groups in Oregon: Comparisons of Boundaries in a Pluralistic Environment. PhD thesis. University of Oregon. 1981.
Therese Muranaka. The Russian Molokan colony at Guadalupe, Baja California : continuity and change in a sectarian community. PhD thesis. University of Arizona. 1992.
Sidney Jackson. The Molokans: A Study of a Religious Minority, unpublished paper in Intensified Studies, the Social Studies Division, George Fox College, Oregon, 1962
*Maxim G. Rudametkin. Selections From the Book of.Spirit and Life Including the Book of Prayers and Songs, introduction and translation by John K. Berokoff,Whittier, CA, 1966.
*John K. Berokoff. Molokans in America, Whittier, CA, 1969 — Not about Molokane
Mazo, Margarita. "Change as Confirmation of Continuity as Experienced by Russian Molokans." In Retuning Culture: Musical Changes in Central and Eastern Europe, edited by M. Slobin, 254-75. Durham: Duke University Press. Bibliog. 1996.
Willard B. Moore. Molokan Oral Tradition: Legends and Memorates of an Ethnic Sect. University of California Publications: Folklore Studies, 28. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1973.
Richard A. Morris, Three Russian Groups in Oregon: Comparisons of Boundaries in a Pluralistic Envronment, Ph. D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, 1981.
*Ivan G. Samarin, Ed., Dukh i Zhin' (The Spirit and the Life), 3rd edition. Los Angeles, CA, 1982.
Dr. Stephan P. and Ethel Dunn, Collectors , Molokan Heritage Collection - Volume 1: Reprints of Articles and Translations. Collected. Highgate Road Social Science Research Station. 200 page book. Contains the best 11 articles from our library about the Molokans. Besides many short topics about peasant life in Russia, settlement in the Transcaucasus, changes in Spiritual Christianity and its impact on the country, it features a description of a Molokan wedding 100 years ago. $20.00
Dr. Orhan Türkdogan, Molokan Heritage Collection - Volume Vol. II - Molokans in Turkey. Edited and enhanced by the Highgate Road Social Science Research Station. 250 page book, 1972. Details about the 1,500 Molokans who stayed behind in Kars until they returned to Russia in 1962. We had this Ph.D. thesis translated from Turkish and added more data, photographs, diagrams, maps, and tables. Did you know that the Pryguny ate red eggs during Paskha? Did you know about the breeds: "Molokan horse" and "Molokan dairy cow"? WORK-IN-PROGRESS
*A.J. Conovaloff, Molokan Heritage Collection - Volume III - Where Molokans Lived in Russia. Highgate Road Social Science Research Station. Four-color topographic map, 3 feet by 4 feet, with index, in-progress. Large wall map showing over 300 original village place names. Coded for sect (Molokan, Dukhobor, etc.), settlement date, and population. Cross-referenced by Russian and phonetic name, district, and republic. WORK-IN-PROGRESS
Dr. Linda O'Brien-Rothe, Molokan Heritage Collection - Volume IV - The Origins of Molokan Singing. Highgate Road Social Science Research Station. 60 page book and 45 minute tape. Taped and musically notated examples show how Molokans borrowed melodied from old Russian village folk songs. Proofread by over 70 Molokans. $20.00
A.I. Klibanov, Molokan Heritage Collection - Volume V - Spiritual Christian Communalists in 19th Century Russia, translated by Dr. Stephan P. Dunn and Ethel Dunn, Highgate Road Social Science Research Station. 300 page book. More information about Molokan life in the Caucasus. A sequel to Klibanov, Volume 0. WORK-IN-PROGRESS
Susan W. Hardwick, Russian Refuge: Religion, Migration, and Settlement on the North American Pacific Rim . University of Chicago Press, 1993.
Susan W. Hardwick, "Religion and Migration: The Russian Molokan Experience," Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers , Vol. 55 (1993), pp. 127-141.
Robert Dunn, World Alive, A Personal Story. Crown Publishers, Inc., New York (1952). Memoirs of an American officer who witnessed the Armenian genocide of 2.5 million Muslim people. p. 363. Contains one reference to a Molokan: "Thank you for a lot, Dro,' I said to him back in camp. 'But now I must leave.' We shook hands, the captain said 'A bientot, mon camarade.' And for hours the old Molokan scout and I plodded north across parching plains. Like Lot's wife I looked back once to see smoke bathing all, doubtless in a sack of other Moslem villages by the Armenian Army up to the line of snow that was Iran."
A. E. Waters, Crimes of Passage: The Cross-generational Socialization of Immigrant Youth Gangs (Laotians, Koreans, Mexicans, Molokan Russians. Ph.D. diss., University of California, Davis, 1995.
Marco (Roosevelt High School, Grade 12), A History of Molokans in Boyle Heights, from Boyle Heights: America In The Mirror, a "project is to enable students to apply Social Studies skills, concepts, and themes to the study of local history and geography." May, 1998.
*John K. Berokoff, Selections from the Spirit and Life. 196_
*William W. Prohoroff, Maxsim Gavarilovich Rudometkin King of Spirits Leader of New Israel Molokans. 1970
*George W. Mohoff, -- The Russian colony of Guadalupe : Molokans in Mexico. 1993. 226 pages with map.
*George W. Mohoff and Jack P. Valov, A Stroll Through Russiantown.1996. 268 pages with map.
*Alex F. Wren, True Believers: Prisoners For Conscience. 1991. 179 pages.
*Bill William Babishoff, Sermons of the Beliefs and Doctrines of the Christian Russian Molokan Faith for Church and/or Home. 1994. 302 pages
*Bill William Babishoff, Prayers from the Molokan Prayer Book with Translation in English, 199_
*George Samarin, Marital Morality for All Seasons. 199_ booklet
*Peter P. Shubin, Molokan Christian Brotherhood of America. 199__ booklet.
*UMCA, Christian Molokan Holy Days, 199_ booklet.
*Andrew J Berokoff, Molokans Making Decisions: Part I: Molokans and the "Melting Pot", 32 pages; Part II: Molokans and War, 29 pages; Part III: Diary of John K. Berokoff World War II Excerpts, 25 pages. 1998.
*Fae Veronin, Arizona Molokans. 1999.
Songbooks
*V.P. Shanin and *V.E. Kobziv, Ed., Bogodukhnovennyi Pesennik (Divinely Inspired Songbook). Los Angeles, CA, 1915.
*Ivan G. Samarin, Editor., Sionskii Pesennik (Songbook of Zion). Los Angeles, CA, 1930 (supplement added in 1939 and later expanded). Collaborating editors: V. P. Samadurov, M.A. Volkov, G.V. Nevarov, V.I. Samarin, P.I. Samarin, and I.V. Samadurov.
*Paul I. Samarin, Editor, Sionskili Pesennik (Songbook of Zion), 2nd edition. Los Angeles, CA, 1950; 3rd edition, 1958; 4th edition, 1964.
*Molokan Church of Australia, SionskiiPesennik (Songbook of Zion), lst edition, Adelaide, South Australia, 1978; 2nd edition 1979.
*Alex Korneff, ed., Molokan Songs and Phonetics. 1993
*United Molokan Christian Association, Sionskili Pesennik (Songbook of Zion), 5th edition. Hacienda Heights, CA, 1986. UMCA Songbook Committee members: Bill W. Babishoff, Walter J. Bogdanoff, Jack J. Dootoff (chairman), Moissey I. Grigorieff, Morris A. Haprov (vice chairman in charge of publishing), Paul F. Hozen, John A. Morozoff, Bill J. Nazaroff, Paul J. Orloff, Jim J. Samarin, Bill W. Shubin, and William M. Volkoff. Although all Los Angeles churches were asked to send representatives, this committee did not receive balanced support. Several songs known to be popular among younger singers were voted out of this songbook because elders on this committee voiced strong dislike for the Australian authors. Dissenting committee members feel that deleted songs, if still in use, will probably be restored in a future edition.
Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ, Sbornik Dukhoborcheskikh Psalmov, Stikhov i Pesen (Collection of Dukhobor Psalms, Hymns and Songs), First Edition. Grand Forks, B.C., Canada, 1978.
N.N. Kalmakoff, Dukhovnye Stikhl 1 Narodnye Pesit Dukhobortsev v Kanade (Spiritual Verses and Folk Songs of the Dukhobors of Canada). Richmond, B.C., Canada, 1986.
Petr Alekseevich Bezsonov, Kaleki Perekhozhie, sbornik stikhov 1 iissledovanii (Itinerant Psalm-singers, A Collection of Religious Songs and Research), 6 vols. Moscow, 1860-63.
Telephone Directories
*A.J. Conovaloff, Editor-Publisher, Molokan Directory, Clovis CA, 1980. Out-of-print. Copies in major California libraries. Next edition to be announced on Molokan HomePage
*United Molokan Christian Association, TheRussian-Molokan Directory, Hacienda Heights, CA, 1986.
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