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This book offers a history of Mennonites from their initial settlement in the Russian Empire to the collapse of the USSR.
List of contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
A Note on Transliteration and Nomenclature
Introduction
Part I: Mennonite Origins
1. Foundations: An Ancient Faith, Swiss Reformation, and Anabaptist Renewal
2. Melchoir, Münster, and Menno: From Early Dutch Anabaptists to Mennonites
3. A Faith Community on the Move: Mennonites, Poland, and Prussia, 1536 to 1800
Part II: Mennonites in Imperial Russia
4. A New Homeland in New Russia: Mennonite Settlement in the Russian Empire, 1789-1830
5. Pietistic Progressivism: Johann Cornies and the Transformation of Russian Mennonitism, 1800-1848
6. A Community in Crisis: A Divided Faith, the Revolt of the Landless, and Threatened Military Service, 1860-1874
7. From Crisis to Consolidation: The Flourishing of Russian Mennonitism, 1865-1883
8. Glory Days: The Apogee of Russian Mennonitism, 1883-1904
9. Confession or Sect? German or German-Speaking? Mennonite Identity Politics on the Edge of the Abyss, 1881-1917
Part III: Mennonites in the Soviet Era
10. After
Eichenfeld: Soviet-Era Mennonites between Reconstruction and Emigration, 1917-1927
11. When God Leads You into the Wilderness: Mennonites in the Stalinist Crucible, 1927-1934
12. The Road to Rochegda: Soviet Terror, Nazi Occupation, and Stalinist Repatriation, 1934-1953
13. Detour to Dzhetisai: The Soviet Mennonite Renaissance in Stalin’s Shadow, 1953-1991
14. Coda: Zaporozhe 1989: One Story Ends and Another Begins
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Leonard G. Friesen is a professor of history at Wilfrid Laurier University.
Summary
This book offers a history of Mennonites from their initial settlement in the Russian Empire to the collapse of the USSR.
