03604nam 2200721 450 991079797340332120230205051318.01-4426-2238-51-4426-2237-710.3138/9781442622371(CKB)3710000000540488(EBL)4392986(OCoLC)945609686(MiAaPQ)EBC4669905(OOCEL)451086(OCoLC)939687573(CaBNVSL)kck00236442(MiAaPQ)EBC4392986(DE-B1597)479220(OCoLC)979728857(DE-B1597)9781442622371(Au-PeEL)EBL4669905(CaPaEBR)ebr11256419(OCoLC)958578394(MdBmJHUP)musev2_106849(EXLCZ)99371000000054048820160915h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierTransformation on the Southern Ukrainian steppeVolume I1812-1835 letters and papers of Johann Cornies /translated by Ingrid I. Epp ; edited by Harvey L. Dyck, Ingrid I. Epp, and John R. StaplesToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2015.©20151 online resource (633 p.)Tsarist and Soviet Mennonite StudiesIncludes index.1-4426-4506-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Part One : Correspondence -- Part Two : Reports and studies by Johann Cornies -- Appendix I : Genealogy of Johann Cornies' immediate family -- Appendix II : List of correspondents -- Appendix III : Glossary -- Appendix IV : Chronology.In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Russian empire opened the grasslands of southern Ukraine to agricultural settlement. Among the immigrants who arrived were communities of Prussian Mennonites, recruited as "model colonists" to bring progressive agricultural methods to the east. 'Transformation on the Southern Ukrainian steppe' documents the Tsarist Mennonite experience through the papers of Johann Cornies (1789-1848), an ambitious and energetic leader of the Mennonite colony of Molochna. Cornies was well connected in the imperial government, and his papers offer a window not just into the world of the Molochna Mennonites but also into the Tsarist state's relationship with the national minorities of the frontier: Mennonites, Doukhbors, Nogai Tartars, and Jews. This selection of his letters and reports, translated into English, is an invaluable resource for scholars of all aspects of life in Tsarist Ukraine and for those interested in Mennonite historyTsarist and Soviet Mennonite studies.GermansUkraine, SouthernCorrespondenceMennonitesUkraine, SouthernCorrespondenceGermansUkraine, SouthernHistory19th centuryMennonitesUkraine, SouthernHistory19th centurySouthern UkrainefastGermansMennonitesGermansHistoryMennonitesHistory940.2Epp Ingrid I(Ingrid Ilse),Dyck Harvey L(Harvey Leonard),Staples John Roy1961-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797973403321Transformation on the Southern Ukrainian steppe2627552UNINA