Rahmatabad village

Iran / Mazandaran / Aliabad /
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Founded by sectarian refugees from the Soviet Union in the 1910s. Molokans (Constants + Spiritual), Baptists, Subbotniki, and Russian Orthodox were isolated by the Shah of Iran on state land. Most moved to America about 1950.

See: Light Through the Shadows: The True Life Story of Michael Simonivitch Beitzakhar
www.molokane.org/molokan/Locations/Iran/Kubrock.htm
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Coordinates:   36°52'8"N   54°48'2"E
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