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Transformation on the Southern Ukrainian steppe : letters and papers of Johann Cornies

Title
Transformation on the Southern Ukrainian steppe : letters and papers of Johann Cornies / translated by Ingrid I. Epp ; edited by Harvey L. Dyck, Ingrid I. Epp, and John R. Staples.
Author
Cornies, Johann
Publication
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]-

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  • Epp, Ingrid I. (Ingrid Ilse)
  • Dyck, Harvey L. (Harvey Leonard)
  • Staples, John Roy, 1961-
Description
volumes; 24 cm.
Summary
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 history.
Series Statement
Tsarist and Soviet Mennonite Studies
Uniform Title
Tsarist and Soviet Mennonite studies.
Subject
  • Cornies, Johann > Correspondence
  • Germans > Ukraine, Southern > Correspondence
  • Mennonites > Ukraine, Southern > Correspondence
  • Germans > Ukraine, Southern > History > 19th century
  • Mennonites > Ukraine, Southern > History > 19th century
Note
  • Translated from the German.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Volume 1: 1812-1835 --
ISBN
  • 9781442645066
  • 1442645067
LCCN
40025619185
OCLC
  • ocn913853240
  • 913853240
  • SCSB-5835731
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries