Not to mention the floggings, incarcerations, and every kind of tortures to which the Doukhobors who refused to serve in the army were subjected in the penal battalions, where many died, and their banishment to the worst parts of Siberia; not to mention the two-hundred reserves who, during the course of two years, languished in prison and are now separated from their families and exiled in pairs to the wildest parts of the Caucasus, where, deprived of every opportunity of earning a living, they are literally dying of starvation– not to mention these punishments of those guilty of having refused to serve in the army, the families of the Doukhobors are being systematically ruined and exterminated.

Appeal on Behalf of the Doukhobors (March 19, 1898)

Petr Vasilevich Verigin
(1859-1924)