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ers in this number was disproportionately high, some reporting that Soviet authorities encouraged them to leave. 92, A.N. Ipatov, Kto takie mennonity (Alma-Ata, 1977), p. 3. 23. A. N. Ipatov, Mennonity (Voprosy formirovaniia i evoliutsti etnokonfessional’noi obshchnosti) (Moscow: “Mysl’,”” 1978), p. 3. 24. Ibid., p. 65. 25. See, for example, A. J. Klassen and Nelson Springer, eds., Mennonite Bib- liography, 1631-1961 (2 vols.; Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1977); David G. Rempel, “Introduction to Russian Mennonite Historiography,’ MOR, 1974, pp. 409-446, 26. Mennonite Encyclopedia (4 vols.; Scottdale, Pa.; Mennonite Publishing House, 1955-59); Mennonitsiches Lexikon (4 vols.; Korntal, West Germany: Men- nonitischer Geschichtsverein, 1913-67). Both provide some of the fullest source ma- terial on Russian Mennonites up to World War IL. 27, Miintzer is not usually considered an Anabaptist and most scholars consider the Miinsterite rebellion as an atypical phenomenon. 98, V. F. Krest’ianinov, Mennonity (Moscow, 1967), p. 14f. 99. The best short survey is David G. Rempel, othe Mennonite Common- wealth in Russia,” MOR, XLVI, 3, 1973, and XLVII, 1, 1974 (available as separate reprint). i 30. Ernst Troeltsch, The Social Teaching of the Christian Churches (New York: Harper Torchbook, 1960), Vol. I, pp. 331-48, cf. E. K. Francis, In Search of Utopia (Altona, Man.: D. W. Friesen & Sons, 1955). : 31. Well illustrated in J. B. Toews, Lost Fatherland (Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1967). I am following the preferred North American nomenclature of Men- nonite for Kirchliche Mennonite and Mennonite Brethren. The context indicates when “Mennonite” refers to all Mennonite denominations. 39. For a fuller survey, see my “Mennonite Congregations in the Soviet Union Today,” Mennonite Life, March 1978, pp. 12-26, and “Union of Soviet Socialist Re- publics,” Mennonite World Handbook (Lombard, Ill., 1978), pp. 63-71. 33. Ipatov, Mennonity, pp. 44-47. 34. See above, Chap. 2. ; 35. Trip report, MCC files, His meeting with Baptists is reported in BV, 5/55, p. 11; 3-4/56, p. 12. Bender also petitioned the Council for the Affairs of Religious Cults to permit Mennonite registration, although this appeal has long been regarded by other North American Mennonite leaders as a faietake 36. They were: Jakob | Fast (Novosibirsk preacher), Johann J. Martens (Kant, Kirgizia presbyter), Heinrich K. Allert (Karaganda preacher), and Traugott F. Kvir- ing (Dushanbe preacher). The latter was a guest. Allert has not played a leading role among Mennonites before or after this occasion (BV, 3/63, pp. 25-32, 40). 37. BV, 4/38, pp. 74-79; cf. 5-6/58, p. 26. 38. The, unification is discussed in greater detail in my article “What Makes Russian Mennonites Mennonite?” MOR, January 1979, pp. 5-20. 39. BV, 2/65, p. 76. He also became a preacher in the Moscow church at this time but was only ordained in 1970. 40. BV, 6/77, p. 73 41. The