Sergej Tolstoy and the Doukhobors: A Journey to Canada (diary and correspondence) = Сергей Толстой и духоборцы, путешествие в Канаду

After reaching an accord with the Russian authorities for the Doukhobors to emigrate to Canada, Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy asked his eldest son to accompany one of the first boatloads. On January 4, 1899, Sergey L. Tolstoy sailed from the Black Sea port of Batoum aboard the SS Lake Superior bound for Halifax, escorting some 2,300 Doukhobors to their promised new land. Twenty-three days later, the ship arrived at the mouth of Halifax Harbour and underwent quarantine inspection. After one case of smallpox was discovered, passengers and crew were ordered into quarantine for twenty-seven days to prevent the spread of infectious disease.