Transformation on the Southern Ukrainian Steppe : Letters and Papers of Johann Cornies, Volume II: 1836–1842 / Harvey L. Dyck, Ingrid I. Epp, John R. Staples.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dyck, Harvey L.

Contributor:

Dyck, Harvey L., Editor.

Epp, Ingrid I., Editor.

Staples, John R., Editor.

University of Toronto. Library, Funder.

Series:

Tsarist and Soviet Mennonite Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cornies, Johann, 1789-1848--Correspondence.

Cornies, Johann.

Germans--Ukraine, Southern--Correspondence.

Germans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (751 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2020.

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

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, Doukhobors, Nogai Tatars, 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Maps

Preface

Acknowledgments

Translator’s Note

Introduction

1836

1837

1838

1839

1840

1841

1842

Editors’ Introduction

Reports

Appendix I: Genealogy of Johann Cornies’ Immediate Family

Appendix II: List of Correspondents

Appendix III: Glossary

Appendix IV: Chronology

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-4875-3874-X

1-4875-3029-3

1-4875-3028-5

OCLC:

1139890604