Slavyanka (Azerbaijan)

The Slavyanka was founded in 1844 by the Dukhobors resettled by the tsar’s decree from the territory of the current Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine , and it received its name most likely from the city of Slavyansk , which at that time was one of the centers of the Dukhobor community. ^{[1] [2]}

In 1863 , the artist visited the Slavyanka Vasily Vereshchagin , who later wrote about it as a village of 205 houses, whose inhabitants lived in “honesty and prosperity”, but, being forced to adapt to life on the periphery of the empire, they became less orthodox in their religious principles and used tobacco and alcohol. ^[3]

In 1895 , the Dukhobors of Slavyanka, along with the inhabitants of six other Dukhoborsky villages, participated in the mass burning of weapons as a sign of simplicity against conscription, to which they were obliged by the decree of 1887 . After the subsequent pogroms of the Dukhorob by the Cossacks and the gendarmerie, authorized by the local authorities, the question arose of their further stay in Russia. Through the efforts of Leo Tolstoy, it was possible to agree on the permission of the Dukhobors to emigrate to Canada , and already in 1898 about eight thousand Dukhobors, among them residents of Slavyanka, departed from the port of Batum and settled on the undeveloped lands of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan . In Canada, the Dukhobors founded two colonies called Slavyanka, but by 1911 both colonies were empty and their inhabitants moved to other communities. ^{[2] [4] [5]}

Other non-titular Christian communities ( Molokans , etc.) joined the Dukhobors remaining in the Caucasian Slavyanka. Some of the Dukhobors left Azerbaijan in 1920 , moving to the north, where they founded the village of Slavyanka on their patrimony in the Zaporizhia region of Ukraine and the village of the same name in the Tselinsky district of the Rostov region of Russia . ^{[6] [7]}

In Soviet times, the collective farm "Ilyich's Way" operated in the village. ^[one]

Currently, a medical and tourist complex, opened in 2007 , operates in Slavyanka. ^{[8] The} Gadabay region is known not only for historical and ancient monuments, but also for its beautiful climate and healing springs. One of these springs is the Novlu spring located in the village of Slavyanka district. The water of this spring, with peculiar features and various useful minerals in its composition, has been produced by the company Gadabay Mineralnye Vody under the brands "Gadabay" and "Slavyanka-1" since 2004. Among the famous natives of the village - Peter Verigin , the head of the "big party" of the Dukhobors at the time of emigration to Canada.

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