Ottawa Scholar To Speak  (April 13th, 2010)
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Doukhobor scholar, author, anthropologist and photo-grapher Koozma J. Tarasoff will be a featured speaker at this year's opening of the 39th season of the Doukhobor Discovery Centre in Castlegar, British Columbia on Sunday afternoon April 25, 2010. He will outline the world legacy of the great world Russian writer and pacifist Count Lev N. Tolstoy (1828 - 1910) on the life of the Doukhobors. The museum opening is dedicated to the 100-year anniversary of the death of this world figure.

Tarasoff, who resides in Ottawa, Ontario will also speak at high schools in Creston, Salmo, Nelson, Trail, Rossland, Castlegar, South Slocan, and Grand Forks between April 19th and May 5th, 2010. His mission is to share the beauty and wisdom of Tolstoy's quest for a just and moral life and the wisdom of the Doukhobor heritage.

 
 

The program includes a recent film about Doukhobors, a lecture about Tolstoy, questions, and a donation of his latest book, Spirit Wrestlers: Doukhobor Pioneers' Strategies for Living. He will also be available to speak with media and organizations. Contact the Doukhobor Discovery Centre in Castlegar at 250-365-5327 for details.

Tolstoy is remembered not only for his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina, but also for his very modern and innovative philosophical and moral thoughts. He was in touch with world thinkers of the time and influenced Mahatma Gandhi and later Martin Luther King Jr. One of the key achievements of his life was saving the Doukhobors from annihilation and organizing and financially helping the migration of 7,500 of them to Canada in 1899.
Ottawa Scholar To Speak  (April 13th, 2010)
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