Title:

Bor'ba (The Struggle)

AMICUS No:

5186489 Serial

Published:

1947 - unknown

Publisher:

SBONR Publications: London, Ont.

Frequency:

Irregular

Editor:

Editorial board

Language:

Russian

Notes:

Six issues available: May and August 1980; May and September 1981; one issue each in 1982 and 1983
This is an anti-Soviet political journal put out by Souiz Bor'by za Osvobozhdenie Narodov Rossii (United Struggle for Freedom of the Peoples of Russia)

Content:

• Political editorials
• Articles on the role of Russian émigrés in the fight against the Soviet regime
• Personal stories
• Reviews of books
• Lists of books published by SBONR
• Analysis of important events in the history of Russia
• Russian Orthodox Church news

Title:

Doukhoborcheskii Rassvet (Doukhobors' Dawn)

AMICUS No:

12484545 Serial

Published:

1954 - unknown

Publisher:

Thrums, B.C.

Frequency:

Every two months

Editor:

P.N. Maloff

Language:

Russian

Notes:

Only two issues available: September/October and November/December 1954

Content:

• Editorials
• Community news
• Literary section: poems and short stories
• Letters to the editor
• Information about Doukhobor practices
• Articles on religious themes

Title:

The Doukhobor Inquirer

AMICUS No:

911582 Serial

Published:

December 21 - June 1954

Publisher:

Union of Young Doukhobors: Saskatoon, Sask.

Frequency:

Monthly

Editor:

K.J. Tarasoff and N.W. Sherstobitoff

Language:

English, some Russian

Notes:

Newsletter formatContinued as The Inquirer;

AMICUS No:

same

Content:

• Community news
• Editorials on various issues of concern to the community (e.g. education, the Constitution, freedom of expression, etc.)
• Extensive reproductions of J.J. Verigin's speeches
• Researched information on the Doukhobor communities

Title:

Edinenie (Unity)

AMICUS No:

810609 Serial

Published:

1950

Publisher:

Russkoe Kulturno-Prosvetitelnoe Obshchestvo (Russian Cultural Aid Society): Toronto, Ont.

Frequency:

Undetermined

Editor:

M.D. Manuilov

Language:

Russian, some English

Notes:

Magazine format
Three issues available: #1-3
Published by the anti-communist Russian Cultural Aid Society
Followed by Russkoe Slovo v Kanade;

AMICUS No:

104966

Content:

• Political editorials dealing with USSR
• Close monitoring of USSR's foreign policy
• Canadian news
• Personal stories of persecution and hardship in USSR
• Literary section: short stories, poems, quotes
• Jokes and anecdotes
• Leisure sections featuring chess, crosswords and sports
• Advertisements

Title:

Eksodus (Exodus)

AMICUS No:

4592071 Serial

Published:

July 1983 -

Publisher:

Chabad-Lubavitch Department of Russian Community Services: Toronto, Ont.

Frequency:

Monthly

Editor:

Ella Vorovich 2002 -
Suzanna Zadov 2001 - 2002
Sonya Krutinsky 1993 - 2001
Marsha Gershtein 1991 - 1992
Jan Lipnitzky 1984 - 1991
Oleg Zhits 1983 - 1984

Editor-in-Chief:

Rabbi Yosef Zaltzman

Language:

Russian, some Hebrew, some English

Notes:

Magazine format, also comes out in English
Some of their content appears on www.jrcc.org
The Chabad-Lubavitch is a messianic Orthodox Jewish movement. The content is heavily oriented towards religious issues

Content:

• Jewish holidays, traditions
• Community news
• "Ask the Rabbi" section
• World Jewish news, Israeli news
• Canadian and Toronto news
• Advertising
• Personal advertisements: births, obituaries, bar/bat mitzvahs
• Children's page
• Lists of donors to the paper
• News for new and prospective immigrants
• Letters to the editor
• Health section
• Literary section
• Arts and entertainment

Title:

Gazeta Plius (Newspaper Plus)

AMICUS No:

27132992 Serial

Published:

2001 -

Publisher:

Russian InfoTrade Ltd.: Toronto, Ont.

Frequency:

Weekly

Editor:

Unknown

Language:

Russian, some English

Notes:

First issue available: #40, January 25, 2002
On-line version at www.radioplus.ca

Content:

• Tabloid news and entertainment
• Advertisements
• Interviews with Russian celebrities
• Horoscopes
• Crosswords
• Literary section: mostly short stories
• Classifieds

Title:

Info Trade

AMICUS No:

16916528 Serial

Published:

April 25, 1997 - December 25, 1999

Publisher:

Russian InfoTrade: Willowdale, Ont.

Frequency:

Varies

Editor:

Arkady Turin

Language:

Russian, some English

Notes:

Continues as Russian Canadian Info; AMICUS No. 23071599

Content:

• Mostly business advertising
• Sparse, miscellaneous and unrelated opinion pieces
• Classifieds

Title:

Info-Toronto

AMICUS No:

12850870 Serial

Published:

1991 - unknown

Publisher:

Info Russian Toronto: Thornhill, Ont.

Frequency:

Twice monthly

Editor:

Unknown

Language:

Russian

Notes:

First issue available: October 15, 1991
Last issue available: April 1997

Content:

• Community news
• Advertisements (some English)
• Toronto news and entertainment
• Illustrations and caricatures
• Horoscopes
• Crosswords
• Classifieds

Title:

The Inquirer

AMICUS No:

911582 Serial

Published:

July 1954 - September 1958

Publisher:

Union of Young Doukhobors: Saskatoon, Sask.

Frequency:

Monthly

Editor:

K.J. Tarasoff

Language:

English, some Russian

Notes:

Follows The Doukhobor Inquirer;

AMICUS No:

same Magazine format

Content:

• Editorials
• Community news from Saskatchewan and B.C.
• Letters from prominent community members
• Reports on research done on the community
• Information on the Sons of Freedom sect
• Discussion of Christian holidays and Doukhobor traditions
• Some photographs of community members and events (photographers are not named)
• Examination of the Doukhobor history and culture
• Illustrations
• Letters to the editor
• Occasional literary section

Title:

Iskra (Spark)

AMICUS No:

120272 Serial

Published:

March 1945 -

Publisher:

Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ: Grand Forks, B.C.

Frequency:

Twice monthly 1969 -
Weekly 1945 - 1969

Editor:

The editors' names do not appear throughout the publication P.P. Legebokoff 1952 - 1973
P.J. Soloveoff 1973 -

Language:

Russian, some English in the later editions

Notes:

Continuation of Sten-Gazeta, AMICUS No. 4529171
Magazine format
On-line version at www.iskra.ca

Content:

• World news and editorials
• Community news
• Writings of Leo Tolstoy
• Letters to the editor
• Literary section
• History of the Doukhobor community and culture Later additions: 1950s
• Obituaries 1960s
• Classifieds
• Youth section in English 1970s and 1980s
• Children's page
• Health section 1990s
• Photographs of community members (often with names of those photographed)
• Advertisements
• Lists of donors to the paper
• Rites of passage notices: obituaries, births, weddings and anniversaries