Mennonites in the Cities of Imperial Russia

Volume One

by Helmut T. Huebert

2006 467 pages eng

When the Mennonites first migrated from Prussia to South Russia in 1789 to form the Chortitza Colony, then again in 1804 to establish the Molotschna Colony, they moved onto the land. They were not all originally farmers in Prussia, and for that matter, they were not all good farmers in Russia, but f…