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Stephan S. Sorokin fonds

  • MsC-243
  • Fonds
  • 1897-2004, predominantly 1949-1984

This fonds consists of personal archive of Stephen S. Sorokin that includes incoming and outgoing letters from around 1949 until his death in 1984 many of which were sent from Montevideo, Uruguay where Sorokin lived for thirt- two years. This fonds also includes many original writings and spiritual messages addressed to the Doukhobor communities, the CCBRD and the Sons of Freedom. Records in this fonds also include draft of Sorokin’s book Three Days and Three Nights published in 1950, clippings and publications related to the Sorokin’s life and his leadership of the Doukhobor community. In addition, this fonds contains Sorokin’s personal files of passports and identity documents, number of original photographs taken during his visit to British Columbia villages in 1950s and recordings of his speeches and Doukhobor singing during that visit. It also contains court records relating to Sorokin’s filing a defamation suit against Trail Times’s journalist. Additional materials include audio and video recordings of Krestova Youth Choir performances during the Expo 1986.
This sous-fonds consists of six main series: 1: Correspondence; 2: Court records; 3: Writings; 4: Personal records; 5: General records; 6: Audio-Visual records; 7: Photographs from Sorokin’s visit.

Sorokin, Stefan S.

[S. S. Sorokin & CCBRD - 1957]

Some of the correspondents include: Vassily Pozdnikoff, M. Khodikin, A. Markova, W. M. Moojelsky, Ivan Kuznetsov, Union of Youth, A. M. Aceev, Ivan Chernov, and I. I. Perepelkin.

[S. S. Sorokin & CCBRD - 1958]

Some of the correspondents include: Nikolai Novakshonov, G. Khodikin, S. Tomilin, Ivan Kuznetsov, Joe Podovinikoff, W. M. Moojelsky, Ivan Ostrikov, Fedosia Pozdniekov, Petr Iliasov, and Ivan Chernov. This file contains many handwritten letters.

[S. S. Sorokin & CCBRD - 1962]

This file includes reports from W. M. Moojelsky’s court case in British Columbia and Saskatchewan. Some of the correspondents include: I. I. Perepelkin, Water Siegmeister (Brazil), Joseph Podovinikoff, and G. Khadikin.

[Drafts of various writings and essays]

This file includes 1 prints of Sorokin’s portraits, draft essays – New Gospel; Hidden secret of wisdom of our life; Life – this intelligent self-consciousness of the son of men; New understanding; Recognition. Some writings are not dated.

[Draft of Sorokin’s book and related correspondence]

This file contains a draft of book written in 1940s by S. Sorokin under the pseudonym Pantes Kiroson titled: Three days and three nights of life beyond the grave. This file also contains related correspondence and a sample draft of Through hell, to heaven, and back, a book by Vassily Solitsin which Sorokin’s family claims to be based on Sorokin’s book, thus was violating the copyright. In the correspondence, Steve Lapshinoff, on behalf of Sorokin’s family, demands withdraw of fraudulent copies.

[Identity documents]

This file contains identification documents (some with photographs) issued to Sorokin by agencies of German government, Uruguay, Canada, Iran, Bolivia, Yugoslavia.

Audio-visual records

This series consists of audio-visual recordings of performances of Krestova Youth Choir during the EXPO 1986 as well as audio recordings of singing and Sorokin’s speeches during his visit to the Doukhobor villages in British Columbia in 1954.

[Sheet 14]

Nude individuals, views of village and water wheel, view of lake, group photos in the forests and in the field, large community groups.

[Sheet 15]

Individuals by the lake and in the forest, view of a village, view of a lake, view of a boat.

[S. S. Sorokin & CCBRD - 1955]

Some of the correspondents include: W. M. Moojelsky, A. Aseev, K. Platunov, Fedosia Pozdniekov, A. Kolesnikov, S. Tomilin, A. A. Popoff, Semen Rybin, Petr Markin, Nikolai Novakshonov, Ivan G. Bondarev, I. and I. Perepelkin.

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