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The Great Trek of the Russian Mennonites to Central Asia, 1880-1884, Fred Richard Belk, 1976
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Expulsion from Bukhara ......................
Moving to No Man’s Land..................0.--.
Ebenezer: A Refuge......................044
Driven from Ebenezer
Serabulak for Winter
Smallpox Epidemic ..............,......0005
Discord and J.K. Penner ....................0..
Young Men Drafted..............--.+0-2--004.
11. FINAL TREKS OF 1881
New Wagon Trains Eastward -....--.--- +e essere
Fourth Wagon Train, August 1881 ................
Fifth Wagon: Train ¢..23:.3.3 toch 6758 a eee ee SS
Dusty Departure of September 1, 1881. .............
Strict Schedule of Epp ............---.0000005
Rapid Travel and Its Problems ...-........-....-.
Arrival in Turkestan, December 15, 1881.............
Trip to Serabulak <0. 9-05-4434 e tela owas Aes
12. NEW HOPE AT AULIE ATA
Tashkent Mennonite Plans..................0.0504
Peters Dies in Tashkent ...............0500205
Move to Aulie Ata, April 8, 1882 ...........---45-:
Harsh Winter 046 40.2% bho Seco ee ha Ree ee eee
Spring Improves Situation ............-55555505
Help from Abroad ... 2.5. 62 ee ee ee es
Church Activities .. 0.2.0.0... 0 eee ee ee
The Question of Army Service..........-.------>
13. THE KHIVAN REFUGE
Plans to Leave Serabulak ..........-.--......-5
Offer of the Khan of Khiva, July 1882 ..............
Deputation to Petro-Alexandrovsk ...............
Meeting withthe Khan ........-----..-0-0055
Deputation Returns to Serabulak,
Avigust: 1882-42500 Yes a he ek Pte Aes A ems 150
The Johann Drake Affair... 2-2... ee eee ee eee 152
Wagons Depart from Serabulak, August 1882........ 154
The Kara Kul Desert..................000.200. 154
Kujaks, Horses and Sorrow ....---- +--+ see ee eee 156
Arrival in Petro-Alexandrovsk.................... 157
Arrival in Lausan, October 1882................... 157
Governmental Indecision ..................000. 160
Johann Drake's Insanity... ............. 0000040. 161
Making a Bivine 0. jae 3 ca Su Oe beep ei eee 16]
Epp’s Religious Work ................20 000004 162
Portents of Future Troubles. ...........-.-2.....04 162
14. REFUGE BECOMES A TRAP
Trouble with Turkoman Natives................-- 163
Murder of Heinrich Abrahms...................5 165
Hiring of Cossack Guards..................005. 167
Fantasy of ClaasEpp ..... 0... 0-0 eee eee 168
Invitation by the Khan ..................-000. 169
Founding of Ak Metchet .............-.0000005 170
Epp’s Trip to the World Empires .......-..--..... 172
March:8, 1889.64 2.4 5.464 ok So ol 6 ale ee alos 173
Epp Explains Failure... 2... 0 ee 173
A Special Communion ...............-..+.0005 174
Conflict with Penner. ................. 0.0000 175
Epp as the Son of Christ... ---- 6 0 ee ee ee 175
15. MIGRATION TO AMERICA
Those Left in Lausan .................. 000085 176
Change of Mind: Not the Lord’s Will............... 177
Appeal to America for Aid ...................0-. \77
Help from Distant Plains .............-..0-..0085 177
Journey from Lausan,
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[The Great Trek of the Russian Mennonites to Central Asia, 1880-1884, Fred Richard Belk, 1976. Книга представляет первое подробное исследование миграции 600 меннонитов из Южной России и Волги в Центральную Азию (1880-1884) под руководством Клааса Эппа. Основана на ранее не и] The Great Trek of the Russian Mennonites to Central Asia 1680 - 1864 Fred Richard Belk y Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Kitchener, Ontario, in cooperation with Mennonite Historical Society, Goshen, Indiana, is publisher of the series ‘‘Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite His- tory.” The Society is primarily responsible for the content of the studies, and Herald Press for their publication. The Great Trek of the Russian Mennonites to Central Asia 1880 - 1884 Fred Richard Belk HERALD PRESS Scottdale, Pennsy…