Transformation on the Southern Ukrainian Steppe : Letters and Papers of Johann Cornies, Volume I: 1812-1835.
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- Tsarist and Soviet Mennonite Studies ; v.1 .
Cover -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Translator's Note -- Introduction -- Part One: Correspondence -- 1812-1823 -- 1824 -- 1825 -- 1826 -- 1827 -- 1828 -- 1829 -- 1830 -- 1831 -- 1832 -- 1833 -- 1834 -- 1835 -- 1836 -- Part Two: Reports and Studies by Johann Cornies -- Editors' Introduction -- The Nogai Tatars in Russia -- The Doukhobors of the Molochnaia Area -- Survey of the History and Conditions of the German Colonists Settled on the Right Bank of the Molochnaia River -- The Molokan Sect in the Molochnaia -- Appendix I: Genealogy of Johann Cornies' Immediate Family -- Appendix II: List of Correspondents -- Appendix III: Glossary -- Appendix IV: Chronology -- Index.
Transformation on the Southern Ukrainian Stepper documents the Mennonite experience in the southern Ukraine through the papers of Johann Cornies (1789-1848), an ambitious and energetic leader of the Mennonite colony of Molochna.
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Mennonites - Ukraine, Southern - History - 19th century.