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Brief
Resume – 2006
Koozma
J.
Tarasoff, Ottawa,
Ontario
Born in
Saskatchewan, Koozma J. Tarasoff is a
scholar who has studied
the Doukhobor social movement in Canada, USA and the former Soviet
Union for over 50 years. With a dozen books and countless articles on
the subject, he has provided flesh and bones to many Doukhobor pioneers
of the 20th century who have given spirit to their heritage. His
writings have been complemented with extensive photography, ethnography
and the spoken word, with major archival collections found in the
Saskatchewan Archives as well as in the BC Archives where his historic
photos reside. His website www.spirit-wrestlers.com
provides a link to
the past and the present. Koozma Tarasoff believes that the accumulated
wisdom of the elders, the struggle of the Spirit within one’s own
heart, and the challenge of adhering to the principle of non-violence
in an increasingly violent world are issues as timely today as they
were over a hundred years ago when 7,500 Russian Doukhobors first
settled on the Canadian prairies.
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