Introduction Tolstoy was a Russian and a well-known writer, who wrote on various issues affecting the day-to-day living of the people. He stands out as a staunch proponent of the spiritual and moral reforms in Russia. The playwright Tolstoy played a vital role in the migration of the Doukhobors to Canada. He is amongst those people who sought permission from the Tsar to allow the Doukhobors to migrate by calling upon the British and the America Quakers to facilitate their immigration in 1899. This saw over 7500 of them leave for Saskatchewan in Canada, forming the Kamsack community (Linda Para.2). The Doukhobors, normally known as the’ spiritual wrestlers’, originated from Russia during thee 16 th and the 17 th century. This group of people is a radical Christian sect, holding its own views and beliefs. They maintain the belief of communal and pacifism lifestyle and are opposed to the secular governments, which employ orthodox methods in their leadership. For example, they are opposed to governments, which gain their power through war and force causing pain and injustices to the human being. They believe that human beings are sanctified and no man should kill another. The Doukhobors are emigrants of Canada, who came from Russian in the 1890s. They have strange beliefs, contrary to what the wider society believes. They believed in anti-church and pacifist in line with those of Tolstoy. They did not believe in humankind for instance, the bible, formal church, sacraments or in priests. Their beliefs were in tandem with that of the Quakers who believed in the spirit within a person and in God who was invisible. To them life was divine translating into their love of peace, hospitality, kindness and their compassionate to their fellow human beings. Tolstoy is one of the people who played a crucial role in the migration of the Doukhobors people to Canada. However, there are reasons as to why Tolstoy helped the Doukhobors to move from Russia to Canada (Tarasoff Para.4). For instance, the persecutions of Doukhobors by the Orthodox Church and Tsarist agitated the migration. Reasons Persecution of the Doukhobors by the Orthodox Church and Tsarist This Russian group did not comply with the demands of the Tsarist government and that of the Orthodox Church. In Russia, the Orthodox Church was the formal church which most of the people and other groups of communities attended. Therefore, it was unusual when the Doukhobors rejected the ideologies and to be part of the church. This fact played a role in their increased persecutions. In addition, the Tsar government also persecuted people that did not accept the demand of the government to engage in war. They refused to engage or rather participate in war, a stance that angered the Tsar government resulting to hatred, which led to their persecutions. This agitated both the church and the government heightening of their hatred. When the persecution intensified, the writer Tolstoy came in their rescue because their moral standing, which happened to coincide with his standing and beliefs, moved him. Therefore, with the assistance of the Quakers he managed to aid in their immigration to Canada. The government also did not like the Doukhobors because they were against the demand of the Tsar government. For instance, the people of Doukhobors did not like to engage in the activities of the government especially when it came to involvement of the violence and war.