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Title: Tolstoy monument unveiling, Doukhobor museum, Castlegar - Ilya Tolstoy
Description: Photograph shows Ilya Tolstoy, great-grandson of the Russian novelist Lev Tolstoy at the unveiling of the sculpture raised in his great-grandfather's honour in Castlegar. The sculpture, paid for by the Soviet Peace Committee and Society Rodina, was in tribute to the Russian novelist who used the proceeds from the sale of his novel Resurrection to
Show morePhotograph shows Ilya Tolstoy, great-grandson of the Russian novelist Lev Tolstoy at the unveiling of the sculpture raised in his great-grandfather's honour in Castlegar. The sculpture, paid for by the Soviet Peace Committee and Society Rodina, was in tribute to the Russian novelist who used the proceeds from the sale of his novel Resurrection to finance the Doukhobors emigration to Canada in 1899, allowing them to escape persecution for their pacifist views.
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Date: 1987-07-25

Title: Tolstoy monument unveiling, Doukhobor museum, Castlegar - unveiling of monument
Description: Yuri Melentiev, Minister of Culture for the Russian Federation (right) and Edward Solovyov, representative of Society Rodina (second from right) look on as the sculpture of Lev Tolstoy (at left) is unveiled in Castlegar. The sculpture, paid for by the Soviet Peace Committee and Society Rodina, was in tribute to the Russian novelist who used the
Show moreYuri Melentiev, Minister of Culture for the Russian Federation (right) and Edward Solovyov, representative of Society Rodina (second from right) look on as the sculpture of Lev Tolstoy (at left) is unveiled in Castlegar. The sculpture, paid for by the Soviet Peace Committee and Society Rodina, was in tribute to the Russian novelist who used the proceeds from the sale of his novel Resurrection to finance the Doukhobors emigration to Canada in 1899, allowing them to escape persecution for their pacifist views.
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Date: 1987-07-25

Title: Tolstoy monument unveiling, Doukhobor museum, Castlegar - Yuri Melentiev (left), [Edward] Solovyov, [Society Rodina]
Description: Yuri Melentiev, Minister of Culture for the Russian Federation (right) and Edward Solovyov, representative of Society Rodina at the unveiling of the sculpture of Russian novelist Lev Tolstoy in Castlegar. The sculpture, paid for by the Soviet Peace Committee and Society Rodina, was in tribute to the Russian novelist who used the proceeds from the
Show moreYuri Melentiev, Minister of Culture for the Russian Federation (right) and Edward Solovyov, representative of Society Rodina at the unveiling of the sculpture of Russian novelist Lev Tolstoy in Castlegar. The sculpture, paid for by the Soviet Peace Committee and Society Rodina, was in tribute to the Russian novelist who used the proceeds from the sale of his novel Resurrection to finance the Doukhobors emigration to Canada in 1899, allowing them to escape persecution for their pacifist views.
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Date: 1987-07-25

Title: Russian Hall bombing
Description: Photo shows wreckage of the upper foyer and main staircase of the Federation of Russian Canadians' hall at 600 Campbell after a blast from ten sticks of dynamite pushed through a mail slot the previous night. The firebombing was the second attack on the hall, following an earlier bombing in 1972. Although no one was ever charged, the bombing was
Show morePhoto shows wreckage of the upper foyer and main staircase of the Federation of Russian Canadians' hall at 600 Campbell after a blast from ten sticks of dynamite pushed through a mail slot the previous night. The firebombing was the second attack on the hall, following an earlier bombing in 1972. Although no one was ever charged, the bombing was thought to be linked to the fundamentalist Sons of Freedom Doukhobor sect, in reaction to the mainstream Doukhobors cooperation with the FRC and their increased interest in cooperative relations with the Soviet Union on peace and disarmament.
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Date: 1973-08-20

Title: Russian Hall bombing
Description: Photo shows wreckage of the upper foyer and main staircase of the Federation of Russian Canadians' hall at 600 Campbell after a blast from ten sticks of dynamite pushed through a mail slot the previous night. The firebombing was the second attack on the hall, following an earlier bombing in 1972. Although no one was ever charged, the bombing was
Show morePhoto shows wreckage of the upper foyer and main staircase of the Federation of Russian Canadians' hall at 600 Campbell after a blast from ten sticks of dynamite pushed through a mail slot the previous night. The firebombing was the second attack on the hall, following an earlier bombing in 1972. Although no one was ever charged, the bombing was thought to be linked to the fundamentalist Sons of Freedom Doukhobor sect, in reaction to the mainstream Doukhobors cooperation with the FRC and their increased interest in cooperative relations with the Soviet Union on peace and disarmament.
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Date: 1973-08-20

Title: Alberni plywood mill
Date: 1982-03-04

Title: CUPW [Canadian Union of Postal Workers] information pickets
Description: Information picketing by CUPW members outside the main post office to mark the one-year anniversary of the passage of the 1978 legislation that removed postal workers' right to strike. The action also coincided with the Supreme Court of Canada appeal by CUPW president Jean-Claude Parrot who had been sentenced in May to three months in jail and 18
Show moreInformation picketing by CUPW members outside the main post office to mark the one-year anniversary of the passage of the 1978 legislation that removed postal workers' right to strike. The action also coincided with the Supreme Court of Canada appeal by CUPW president Jean-Claude Parrot who had been sentenced in May to three months in jail and 18 months probation for refusing to order members to return to work as required under Bill C-8, the legislation that ordered CUPW back to work. The appeal was denied and Parrot was jailed for two months in 1980 for his defiance of Bill C-8.
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Date: 1979-10-19

Title: Walk for Peace
Description: Photograph shows the Downtown Eastside Residents' Association peace bus at the Walk for Peace.
Date: 1983-04-23

Title: Van Island IWA [International Woodworkers of America] demonstration at Legislature
Description: Woodworkers from across Vancouver Island rally on the steps of the legislature to demand provincial government action for jobs in the forest industry. More than one-quarter of the industry workforce was already unmployed.The rally was also part of a national campaign by the labour movement demanding that the federal government act to bring interest
Show moreWoodworkers from across Vancouver Island rally on the steps of the legislature to demand provincial government action for jobs in the forest industry. More than one-quarter of the industry workforce was already unmployed.The rally was also part of a national campaign by the labour movement demanding that the federal government act to bring interest rates down.
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Date: 1981-11-26

Title: Carpenters president Bill Zander addressing Carpenters convention, Oct. 23
Date: 1981-10-23

Title: Anti-Apartheid Network rally at Pat Carney's office, Soweto Day
Date: 1986-06-16

Title: IWD [International Women's Day] rally, Robson Square
Date: 1987-03-07

Title: Dr. Tom Perry, Dr. Jim Foulks at Peace Council conference
Description: Photograph shows Dr. Tom Perry speaking.
Date: 1987-03-14

Title: Sheena Lambert - EAR [End the Arms Race], Walk for Peace '87
Date: 1987-03-15

Title: International Women's Day march, 1987
Date: 1987-03-07

Title: COPE [Committee of Progressive Electors] demonstration, Oct. 5, Broadway & Main
Date: 1973-10-05

Title: Pickets at Pier 59 protesting Greek shipping [of] Canadian oil
Date: 1973-11-01

Title: Hortensia Allende rally, J.O. Auditorium
Description: Hortensia Allende, widow of slain Chilean Popular Unity president Salvador Allende at public meeting in solidarity with democratic Chile, John Oliver Auditorium. Chairing the meeting was George Johnston, president of the BC Federation of Labour.
Date: 1973-12-02

Title: Tanker protest, Peace Arch
Description: Environmentalists, unionists and others demonstrate at the Peace Arch to protest U.S. plans to bring oil supertankers down the BC coast in conjunction with construction of the TransAlaskan pipeline. The opposition to the plan resulted the following year in the federal government's informal moratorium on tanker traffic on the coast. Among rally
Show moreEnvironmentalists, unionists and others demonstrate at the Peace Arch to protest U.S. plans to bring oil supertankers down the BC coast in conjunction with construction of the TransAlaskan pipeline. The opposition to the plan resulted the following year in the federal government's informal moratorium on tanker traffic on the coast. Among rally organizing groups was SPEC, then known as the Scientific Pollution and Environmental Society.
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Date: 1973-09-30

Title: VIA Rail rally, CN [Canadian National Railway] station, May 16
Date: 1984-05-16

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