acknowledgements

I would like to acknowledge my mother Margaret A. Malloff, my aunt Irene Malloff and my uncle John J. Zebroff for their contributions, insights and support.

I would like to thank Tina Matsalla for assisting me with the final stages of copy-editing.

Furthermore, I would like to acknowledge the strength and sacrifice of M.S. Tolstykh, A.S. Pavlov, A.B. Mozgovoy, O. Mamiev and A.V. Zakharchenko as well as all of the other men from the Don River Basin and the extended Russian World who have given their lives defending the people and the land that gave birth to the Doukhobors.