The Great Trek of the Russian Mennonites to Central Asia, 1880-1884, Fred Richard Belk, 1976

e ................... 36 Freedom, Problems, and Prosperity. ................ 37 Social Strictitre 65.40 5 Sesurah sb hk eee ee es 37 VO the Vola: 2 5. 2°s ie dos Gok & Oar ee Ga ae aS 40 . COMPROMISE OR CONVICTION: AMERICA OR ASIA? Prior to: Retry s.0 60.6 44a kee 3 Sob nw 4 ee AR OS 43 Reform Movement in Russia...............--2044 44 Reform and the Mennonites ..................0.4. 45 Migration to America ........... 0.002.000 ee eee 45 Those Left Behind .............. 0.0000 48 . THE EMERGENCE OF CHILIASM Background of the Movement ...............000504 50 The Influence of Jung-Stilling ...............---55 53 Claas Epp and the East... 2... 2... 2. 56 South to Samarkand: A Chiliastic Hope to Meet the Lord ..............0000055 60 . THE PROVINCE OF TURKESTAN Geographical Features ....... 2.0.20 002 eee eeee 63 6. a 8. 9: The Khanates of Bukhara and Khiva................ 66 Russian Imperialism ...........0.0.- 0000000000, 68 Russian Provincial System ..........-00 200000008. 70 Governor-General von Kaufmann................... 72 PLANS AND HOPES Development of Migration Theology................. 75 Deputation to St. Petersburg... ...............000. 76 A Secret Trip to Tashkent .........0.... 0.0000 005 80 Arguments Against Migration. .............2-.00.. 8] Forming of the Bride Community................... 82 BEGINNING THE TREK First Wagon Trains.» 20.80% a8 AE a EARS CGS Re Se 87 Hardships of the Journey .... 2.2.20... ..00 0000 eee 87 Arrival in Kaplan Bek, October 18, 1880............... 90 The Second Wagon Train, August, 1880..........-..... 90 Arrival in Kaplan Bek, November 24, 1880 .............. 95 THE TREK CONTINUES Preparations and Millennialism.................-.-- 96 Third Wagon Train, August, 1880 ................. 97 A Suicide Reported ........... 2.020.000 pees 98 Peters Leaves for Trakt.. 2... ..0.0.00 00.0000 ees 98 Phe AvicOl oo Sond Gach S Ree Be ee oe Se ets & de oe 99 Fop Begins-a Revival sf sc0.0 6%. oie WE SE ee ee 99 Stopped by a Magistrate... 2... 2. ee 100 The Night ina Graveyard ................ 000005 102 Arrival in Tashkent, December 2, 1880.........--.-..-5-: 103 TROUBLE AND DISPERSION OF THE BRETHREN Getting Acquainted ... 1.0... 2... 0. eee eee ee 104 The Chinese Community... .....0..... 00000000 106 Typhoid Fever Epidemic... ........-.. 00000000 107 Czar Alexander II Assassinated. .............-..005 109 Harsher Policies of Government... ............0-55 109 Mennonite Patron Kaufmann Dies ................- 110 Successor’'s Attitude... ...0.-..0-.00 0000 eee ee 111 Anti-Epp Dissension Causes Split.................. 111 Deputation to Bukhara .............. 000000205 112 July 1881 Evacuation of Kaplan Bek ..............0.. 113 10. NO-MAN’S-LAND: BETWEEN KHAN AND CZAR Seeking Shar-i-Sabs .........2.0.2...00..0...... Journey Toward Bukhara ..................... Samarkand: Pearl of the East ................... Arrival at Bukhara... . 2.2