Rahmat abad

Iran / Mazandaran / Aliabad /

Rahmat village. 1930-1950 location of Russian refugee settlement. Residents were of 5 faiths (in order by count): Pryguny*, Subbotniki*, Molokane*, Baptist, Orthodox). Most resettled to California about 1950. (* Congregations with assembly halls). Biography of a Subbotniki resident: Light Through the Shadows: The True Life Story of Michael Simonivitch Beitzakhar www.molokane.org/molokan/Locations/Iran/Kubrock.htm A partial history: www.molokane.org/molokan/Berokoff/Chapter-8.htm
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Coordinates:   36°53'4"N   54°45'49"E
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