Krestova is an unincorporated community of about 150 people[1] in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada.

The community was established by members of the Doukhobor religious group, who originally immigrated from Ukraine and Russia, in 1911-12.

[3] The town is located northwest of the confluence of the Slocan and Kootenay rivers, in the southern region of the province of British Columbia.

Krestova was the centre of decades of conflict between the Sons of Freedom, and the British Columbia government, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), and moderate Doukhobors.

[5] The Sons of Freedom, also known as "Freedomites", had moved to Krestova in 1929[6] and were opposed to many government requirements, especially compulsory public education.