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

April 1884.................. 180 Bairther Prips: cs ead be ew FR ae eh oe EA A 188 16. CONCLUSION The Fate of Central Asia Colonies................. 190 Fates of Survivors in America. ................005 193 Unique Significance of the Great Trek .............. 193 IN GCOS. shaolin ee Bie Beck ey Be ee ae 196 Appendix A: Summary of Families Participating in the Great Trek .224 Appendix B: Turkestan Mennonites as Charter Members of Herald Mennonite Churchin Oklahoma ............. 228 Selected Bibliography...............00. 2000000005. 230 TOR a0 siting Ata chek eek eR, Se ed. be HIE, od yt ee ee 242 The Author MAPS, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS Origin of the Mennonites ............-........000.0, 23 Menno Simons ............0. 000 ee ee eee ee eee eae 97 Germany .655-G goto aise es ob ee ES Ge ee RS 27 The Spread of the Dutch Mennonites .................. 3] The Spread of the Swiss Mennonites................... 33 Molotschna Colony ......... 0.0000 eee eee 39 The Trakt Settlement ...............-. 00000 een 41 Mennonite Migration .............0. 00.000 002000, 47 ‘“Trakt Mennonite Settlement, 1897” (chart). ............. 57 Claas Epp, Jr., Wife, and Child .........-......2..0.0.. 59 Title Page of Epp's Book ».:¢.5 020 6504624 eee eee he 61 Topography of Central Asia ................--.00004 65 Arr Uzbekena secu es oe ar bed a9 0, oe eae hah da ew fe Oe 67 Central Asian Types .........-..0 000.00 eee eee ee 69 RussiaicPxpansion:. 20s <2: bk ya aol Oe alg Ad as Sh 71 Governor-General von Kaufmann ................+-4. 73 The Spread of the Mennonites in Russia ................ 79 Page from Diary of Heinrich B. Jantzen ............-... 93 Preacher Jacob Toews and Wife .....-......-...0..004 121 Johannes K. Penner ...........0-. 2.00020 0s 125 Anna Wiebe Toews and Mother .................... 127 Mosque in Serabulak ............. 00.000 eee 135 Heinrich H. Wiebe ..............0.0 000000 eee 145 Koéppental in Aulie Ata ........0.....0.2.0.0.. 00004 151 FEBUSAR igs cette Gh Ee Bk Sta dc a a ee RAST 159 Palace of the Khan of Khiva ...................0004 169 Ak Metchet> o.oo i<3 ooh ok babi he Sends Weken en a ed 171 Henry H. Wiebe ...........0 00200000000 0c eens 181 Heinrich and Anna Toews in Later Life ................185 Gustav Janzen ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Except as noted below, the maps and illustrations in this book are used by permission of the Mennonite Historical Library and Ar- chives, North Newton, Kansas; Dr. Cornelius Krahn, director; John Schmidt, archivist. Reproductions were made by Oklahoma State University Photo Service. The map on page 39: is from the Family History of Siebert Goertz and John Harms, by Helene Goertz, published privately at Newton, Kansas, 1965. The chart on page 57 by Cornelius Krahn is from page 743 of Volume IV of The Mennonite Encyclopedia, copyright 1959 by the Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, PA 15683. The photograph on page 59 is used