Résultats

      The individuals seated on the front bench were sentenced to death for seeking vengeance against the authorities for the seizure of their property. They are surrounded by Soviet authorities in uniform. A group of people in civilian clothing are seen in the back rows. The photo appears to have been …

      The death certificate indicates that Konstantin Bokan died on July 1, 1933 at the age of twenty-one. He is said to have died from exhaustion due to malnutrition (istoshchenie). The doctor's office is listed as the place of death. The certificate was prepared by Dr. Klym Teslia, a local doctor, …

      The photo display board is dedicated to the death of Konstantin Bokan by starvation. Though the text is largely indecipherable, the photos are known to feature Konstantin’s place of death, corpse, funeral proceedings, and grave. For more information on the photos, view the “Related Features” section of this record. Only …

      Members of the Bokan family gather near the gate to their home as Vladimir Bokan leaves for a separate residence. Vladimir was urged to leave and become self-sufficient by his father, Nikolai Bokan. Nikolai was struggling to feed his large family during the famine. Vladimir is pictured third from the …

      Nikolai Bokan and his son (likely Boris) are seen preparing buckets of water outside of their family home as a precautionary measure against threats from Bokan’s son Vladimir that he would set the house on fire. Vladimir was aggrieved that his father had forced him to leave the family home …

      The Bokan family marks one year of Boris Bokan’s imprisonment for opposing conscription into the Soviet Army. The Bokan family is seen seated at a table covered in a cloth, on which cups and saucers have been placed. Boris had embraced pacifist values, although unlike his father, his inspiration came …

      Boris Bokan (centre) is visited by his father, Nikolai Bokan (right), and brother Lev-Leonid (left) in prison, where he had spent over a year as punishment for opposing conscription into the Soviet Army. The trio are seen seated on the ground in a dirt enclosure surrounded by uncultivated plants. A …

      The photo features a window in the Bokan family house, broken by Vladimir Bokan. Vladimir was aggrieved that his father, Nikolai Bokan, had forced him to leave the family home to become self-sufficient. Nikolai was struggling to feed his family as a result of the famine. Vladimir was twenty-five years …

      The photo features Nikolai Bokan standing beside the broken gate to his property. The gate was vandalized by two collective farm workers who would not pay Bokan for his photography services and forcefully took their photos without payment. As they ripped the gate door off its hinges, it apparently hit …

      Boris Bokan returns home after his seventeen-month imprisonment for opposing conscription into the Soviet Army. Boris stands in front of the gate to the family property, carrying a sack over his shoulder, and a suitcase and bucket in his other hand. He is dressed in warm clothing and wears a …

      The photo features the Bokan family sharing a meager meal to mark the departure of Konstantin Bokan. As his parents were struggling to provide for their large family during the famine, Konstantin was leaving the family home to take up work and residence at a collective farm. It is unclear …

      Boris and Nikolai Bokan pose on two chairs in front of a backdrop that features a lighthouse. Nikolai holds Leo Tolstoy’s "A Cycle of Readings." He claimed this book had served as a foundation for his religious and philosophical beliefs. Nikolai Bokan was an adherent of the Tolstoyan movement that …

      Nikolai Bokan and his two sons are pictured seated at a desk, preparing a memorandum. The purpose of the memorandum is unclear, although the date of the photo falls within the week prior to Konstantin Bokan’s death of starvation in June 1933. In the few months prior to his death, …

      A son of Nikolai Bokan is pictured sitting in a field in June 1933. Bokan writes that this was the spot where Konstantin Bokan had died of starvation only a few hours earlier. In the few months prior to his death, he had been working on a collective farm where …

      The body of Konstantin Bokan lies in a straw-filled coffin filled with his head leaning on a pillow. Konstantin died of starvation in June 1933. In the few months prior to his death, he had been working on a collective farm where he was overworked and poorly fed. He had …

      The photo depicts the funeral of Konstantin Bokan. Members of the Bokan family, and possibly other mourners, stand behind the horse-drawn cart carrying Konstantin’s body and coffin. It is unclear whether this photo was captured at the graveyard or en route there. Nikolai Bokan appears to be pictured on the …

      The photo features Nikolai Bokan standing next to the grave of his son, Konstantin, who died of starvation. In the few months prior to his death, he had been working on a collective farm where he was overworked and poorly fed. He had left the family home earlier in the …

      The photo features the grave of Konstantin Bokan, who died of starvation in June 1933. The top of the grave marker displays a photo of Konstantin, his name, the date of his death, and an inscription. The layout of the text on the inscription and the angle of the hanging …

      A photo display board created by Nikolai Bokan in 1935. The board features brief descriptions of his three eldest sons, Nikolai Bokan (Jr.), Vladimir Bokan, and Konstantin Bokan, and their failure to adhere to the moral standards and religious beliefs of their father. The board displays portraits of Nikolai (Jr.) …

      A photo display board created by Nikolai Bokan in November 1936. The display board features portraits and brief descriptions about each of his seven children. Among the photographs is a portrait of Konstantin Bokan. Konstantin died of starvation in June 1933. In the few months prior to his death, he …