These photos
show Dmitri (Dima) Bruhin's trip to his former home in
Kars, Turkey, in 2005 to visit old Molokan friends. His family
(mother, 2 sisters) all moved to
Fresno, California in the 1970's. Sister Alichka
married Jim
Spolsdoff, Kerman. Dima is now married to ___, from
Belarus, and has 2
daughters. He is helping to translate Turkish
documents about
Spiritual Christians. |
![]() Dima inside train |
![]() View outside train |
![]() Mikhail Stepanovish Agapof (Boyar) apartment living room, Kars. |
![]() Mila Agapof (Boyar) and son Stepan (Suat). |
![]() Mihail Boyar and Neil Denisenko. See earlier family photos. |
![]() View from Boyar apartment balcony. |
![]() Vasili Korolov and his Kurdish wife. |
![]() Vasili Korolov's house. |
![]() Suat Boyar and Neil Denisenko. |
![]() Molokan bedroom, 1979 photo. |
![]() Old Molokan house. |
![]() Old Russian building. |
![]() Russian building now a school. |
![]() Dima and Samovars for sale. |
![]() Sunrise. |
![]() Sunset, same location. |
![]() Old friends dining in restaurant. |
![]() Street art. |
![]() Stone bridge. |
![]() Canal. Kars fort is on the far hill. |
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![]() Ordu street. |
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