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Introduction To The Russian Mennonites
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Mennonites in Russia? Invited by Catherine the Great to farm the Russian steppes-in exchange for exemption from military service-Mennonite emigrants from Polish Prussia and The Netherlands made their home in Russia. Some remain today; many more eventually left for North and South Americas and Europe. Nearly all retain memories and stories from that place-unbelievable prosperity for some; unspeakable terror for many; church tensions; struggles between the landed and the landless; exquisite clockmaking, storytelling, musicmaking, and food. Himself a Russian Mennonite, Kroeker heads into the history, but also the later movement of these people to the U.S. and Canada. Are they at all distinctive today? What has drawn some to the cities and professions, and others to the rural prairies? What about those in Europe, and those still in the former Soviet Union? Kroeker tells it all with vibrancy-the overview and the memorable details. Includes dozens of historic and contemporary photographs.
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Pages 122
Dimensions: Length: 0.5" Width: 5.5" Height: 8.5"
Weight: 0.4 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Dec 31, 1969
ISBN 1561483915
EAN 9781561483914
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 | Factual, but Superficial Oct 13, 2006 |
Wally Kroeker has written a short work about Russian Mennonites. It does give some factual information about the history, but fails to adequately explain the faith behind the works. Mr. Kroeker tends to view the tenets of the Anabaptist faith as cultural peculiarities.
This book might be a good inexpensive work, but Mr. Kroeker needs to spend a considerable amount of time with the Old Colony or the more conservative Kleine Gemeinde to get a better grasp of exactly WHY they do the things they do. That's whats missing! | | |  | An excellent history Jul 18, 2005 |
Among the many strands of the Christian faith are the Anabaptists: "rebaptizers" who believed that baptism should be a voluntary step for adult Christians. Coming under intense persecution in their native lands, many moved first to the Vistula region of Poland, and later to the Russian Ukraine. During the twentieth century, these Mennonites came under pressure from the Russian government, and many moved on to such far off lands as Germany, Canada, the United States, Mexico and Paraguay.
In this fascinating book, Mennonite author and journalist Wally Kroeker traces the Mennonites in Russia from their beginnings, through their "golden age," the destruction of their communities, their flight to other parts of the globe, and where they are today. The book ends with a wonderful "Readings and Sources" section, which gives the reader many other books that he or she can follow up with.
Overall, I found this to be a great book. Admittedly, the book does not examine the Russian Mennonites' faith or religious practices, but it does give an excellent overview of their history. I suppose that if I were asked to write a title for this book it would be, "A Short History of the Russian Mennonites."
This is a great book that I am glad that I bought. It was very nicely put together, including many wonderfully clear pictures. I am building up a small library of books on the Russian Mennonites that I plan to hand on to my descendents, and this is a treasured part of it. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about the Russian Mennonites.
By the way, three other great books that I would recommend are "Forever Summer, Forever Sunday" by Peter Gerhard Rempel which has many excellent pictures from the Russian Mennonite golden age, "A Mennonite Family in Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union, 1789-1923" by David G. Rempel in which an eyewitness records the destruction of the Russian Mennonite communities, and "Leaving Anabaptism" by Calvin Wall Redekop which follows the religious evolution of one group of Russian Mennonites in North America.
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| A superficial review of the history of Mennonites who migrated to Russia and later left for the West. The book could have fit into an article - lots of verbiage but no deep analysis and a very superficial retelling of facts. | | | Write your own review about Introduction To The Russian Mennonites
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