DCHP-3

Community Doukhobor

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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an extremist sect of the Doukhobors, called Community Doukhobors and dedicated to protesting against the government by disrobing, arson, bombings, and other forms of violence.

Quotations

1929
It is important to distinguish between the independent Doukhobors and the Community Doukhobors known as the "Sons of Freedom."
1964
[The] peaceful Doukhobors . . . belong to the sect's other two factions, the orthodox or Community Doukhobors, and the most Canadianized, the Independents.