Compilation of Mennonite Villages in Russia

[Pages:86]Compilation of Mennonite Villages in Russia

Prepared by Tim Janzen and edited by Richard D. Thiessen

This table is a comprehensive compilation of 629 known Mennonite villages in Russia and Ukraine incorporating information from many sources. I used the list of 446 villages from the Deutsches Ausland Institut (DAI) documents (see Table 5 and Table 6) as a base and have incorporated information about additional villages from other sources such as the Mennonite Historical Atlas.

The villages of the four original mother colonies appear first in the table (Chortitza, Molotschna, Am Trakt, and Alt-Samara Colonies). These are followed by the various daughter colonies arranged chronologically by the year the daughter colonies were first established. At the end of the table are two small sections for Mennonite villages in Volhynia and for Hutterite villages. Swiss Mennonite village names are not included.

Essentially all of these villages were established before World War II. I have not attempted to include in this table a comprehensive list of locations in Russia where Mennonites were dispersed after World War II. Columns in the table provide the following types of information about each village if it is known:

1. Most common name (or names) for the village, which in most cases is the original German name for the village. Variant spellings are given in parentheses. The specific number for each village in the colony is given if this available.

2. The Russian name (or names) for the village. Variant spellings are given in parentheses.

3. The year the village was founded. These are in some cases estimates and may not be entirely correct.

4. The district and province in Russia where the village was located.

5. The name of the colony in which the village was located.

6. The name of the mother colony from which the settlers in that village came.

7. Various sources that provide additional details about that village. In some cases additional information may be found about certain villages in the Mennonite Historical Atlas even though that it isn't listed as one of the sources.

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Additional tables are available:

Table 2: Compilation of Mennonite Villages in Russia, sorted alphabetically by German Village Names Table 3: Compilation of Mennonite Villages in Russia, sorted alphabetically by Russified Village Names Table 4. Compilation of Crimean Mennonite Villages Table 5. Original List of Mennonite Villages in Russia from the DAI Documents Table 6. Modified List of Mennonite Villages in Russia from the DAI Documents

Village Name Chortitza Rosenthal Insel Chortitza

Russian Name Khortitza Kanzerovka Ostrov Khortitsa

Year Found-

ed

1789

Government District and/or Province

Ekaterinoslav

Settlement Name

Chortitza Chortitza

1789

Ekaterinoslav Chortitza

1789

Ekaterinoslav Chortitza

Mother Settlement

Sources

Prussia Prussia Prussia

National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; (Cho rtitza_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast,_ Ukraine) National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; (Ch ortitza_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast, _Ukraine) National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; How God Leads;

Village Name

Einlage Neuenburg Schoenhorst Neuendorf Kronsweide

Russian Name

Kitschkas

Malaschevka Vodyanaya (Ruchaeivka) Schirokoye

Vladimirovka

Year Found-

ed

Government District and/or Province

Settlement Name

1789

Ekaterinoslav Chortitza

1789

Ekaterinoslav Chortitza

1789

Ekaterinoslav Chortitza

1789

Ekaterinoslav Chortitza

1789

Ekaterinoslav Chortitza

Mother Settlement

Sources

Prussia

Prussia Prussia Prussia

Prussia

_(Chortitza_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Obl ast,_Ukraine) National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Library of Congress Microfilm #2 of captured German war documents; (Chort itza_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast,_U kraine) National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Library of Congress Microfilm #3 of captured German war documents; National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Mennonite Historical Atlas, p. 27; Library of Congress Microfilm #3 of captured German war documents National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Library of Congress Microfilm #3 of captured German war documents; (Ch ortitza_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast, _Ukraine) National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Library of Congress Microfilm #2 of captured German war documents; (C

Village Name Schoenwiese Kronsgarten Nieder Chortitza Burwalde

Russian Name

Shenvize (Moskovka)

Polovitsa

Nischnaya Khortitza Baburka

Year Found-

ed

Government District and/or Province

Settlement Name

1793

Ekaterinoslav Chortitza

1793

Ekaterinoslav Chortitza

1803

Ekaterinoslav Chortitza

1803

Ekaterinoslav Chortitza

Mother Settlement

Sources

Prussia Prussia Prussia Prussia

hortitza_Mennonite_settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast ,_Ukraine) National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; How God Leads; Chortitza Family Registers, Volume 1, p. 198; wiese_(Chortitza_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhi a_Oblast,_Ukraine) National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; How God Leads; Stumpp's Map of the Dnjepropetrowsk Gebiet, Quadrant E3; Preservings, No. 18, June, 2001, p. 114, 115; ( Chortitza_Mennonite_Settlement,_Dnipropetrovsk_ Oblast,_Ukraine) National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; National Archives Microfilm #T81 740, p. 146, 147; (Chortitza_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zapor izhia_Oblast,_Ukraine) National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Library of Congress Microfilm #3 of captured German war documents; (Cho rtitza_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast,_ Ukraine)

Village Name Kronsthal

Neu-Osterwick Schoeneberg Neuhorst Rosengart Blumengart

Neu Kronsweide

Russian Name Dolinsk

Pavlovka Smolyanaya Ternovataya Novoslobodka Kapustyanka

Dnyeprovka or

Year Found-

ed

1809

Government District and/or Province

Ekaterinoslav

Settlement Name

Chortitza

1812

Ekaterinoslav Chortitza

1816

Ekaterinoslav Chortitza

1824

Ekaterinoslav Chortitza

1824

Ekaterinoslav Chortitza

1824

Ekaterinoslav Chortitza

1833

Ekaterinoslav Chortitza

Mother Settlement

Sources

Prussia

Prussia Prussia Prussia Prussia Prussia

Prussia

National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Library of Congress Microfilm #3 of captured German war documents; (Ch ortitza_Mennonite_settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast,_ Ukraine) National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Library of Congress Microfilm #3 of captured German war documents National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Library of Congress Microfilm #3 of captured German war documents National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Library of Congress Microfilm #3 of captured German war documents National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Library of Congress Microfilm #3 of captured German war documents National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Mennonite Historical Atlas, p. 27; Library of Congress Microfilm #3 of captured German war documents; (C hortitza_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast ,_Ukraine) National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Mennonite

Village Name

Rosenbach

Halbstadt Muntau Schoenau Fischau

Russian Name Velikii Lug

Molochansk Yanevka (Yasnovka) Dolina Rybalovka

Year Found-

ed

Government District and/or Province

Settlement Name

1928

Ekaterinoslav Chortitza

1804

Taurida

Molotschna Molotschna

1804

Taurida

Molotschna

1804 1804

Taurida Taurida

Molotschna Molotschna

Mother Settlement

Sources

Prussia

Prussia Prussia Prussia Prussia

Historical Atlas, p. 27; Herman and Katharina, Their Story, p. 6; (C hortitza_Mennonite_settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast ,_Ukraine) National Archives Microfilm #T81 740, frame 325; WilliVogt's map of the Chortitza Colony region; Mennonite Encyclopedia, V. 1, p. 572; National Archives Microfilm #T81 740, p. 324, 325; Library of Congress Microfilm #2 of captured German war documents, in the Chortitza file

National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Mennonite Family History, July, 1991, p. 100-101; (Mol otschna_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast ,_Ukraine) National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Mennonite Family History, July, 1991, p. 100-101; How God Leads; (Molot schna_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast,_Ukraine) National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Mennonite Family History, July, 1991, p. 100-101 National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Mennonite

Village Name

Lindenau Lichtenau Blumstein Muensterberg Altonau Schoensee

Russian Name

(Rybolovka) Lyubimovka

Svetlodolinskoye Kamenskoye

Prilukorka (Prilukovka)

Chervonoye (Travnyeve) Shenze (Snegurevka)

Year Found-

ed

Government District and/or Province

Settlement Name

1804

Taurida

Molotschna

1804 1804

Taurida Taurida

Molotschna Molotschna

1804

Taurida

Molotschna

1804

Taurida

1804

Taurida

Molotschna Molotschna

Mother Settlement

Sources

Prussia

Prussia Prussia

Prussia

Prussia Prussia

Family History, July, 1991, p. 100-101; How God Leads National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Mennonite Family History, July, 1991, p. 100-101; (Mol otschna_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast ,_Ukraine) National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Mennonite Family History, July, 1991, p. 100-101 National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Mennonite Family History, July, 1991, p. 100-101; (Mo lotschna_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblas t,_Ukraine) National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Mennonite Family History, July, 1991, p. 100-101; How God Leads; erberg_(South_Russia) National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Mennonite Family History, July, 1991, p. 100-101; How God Leads National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Mennonite Family History, July, 1991, p. 100-101; How God Leads;

Village Name

Ladekopp

Petershagen Tiegenhagen Ohrloff (Orloff) Tiege

Blumenort Rosenort

Russian Name

Lakovka (Ladovka)

Kutuzovka Levadnoye Orlovo Tige (Orlovo)

Volnaye (Orlovo) Vodyanoye (Orlovo)

Year Found-

ed

Government District and/or Province

Settlement Name

1805

Taurida

Molotschna

1805 1805 1805 1805

Taurida Taurida Taurida Taurida

Molotschna Molotschna Molotschna Molotschna

1805

Taurida

1805

Taurida

Molotschna Molotschna

Mother Settlement

Sources

Prussia

Prussia Prussia Prussia Prussia

Prussia Prussia

see_(Molotschna_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhi a_Oblast,_Ukraine) National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Mennonite Family History, July, 1991, p. 100-101; How God Leads; (Mol otschna_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast ,_Ukraine) National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Mennonite Family History, July, 1991, p. 100-101 National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Mennonite Family History, July, 1991, p. 100-101 National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Mennonite Family History, July, 1991, p. 100-101 National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Mennonite Family History, July, 1991, p. 100-101; Mennonite Historical Atlas, p. 43; (Molotsc hna_Mennonite_Settlement,_Zaporizhia_Oblast,_U kraine) National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Mennonite Family History, July, 1991, p. 100-101; How God Leads National Archives Microfilm #T81 608; Mennonite Family History, July, 1991, p. 100-101; How God Leads

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