Introduction to Russian Mennonites: A Story Of Flights And Resettlements-- To Homelands In The Ukraine, The Chaco, T

A complete and thorough review of my heritage starting with my Grandfather born in South Russia, immigration to Canada as a young boy, and then living with him during WW2 while my father was in the Navy. Bought a book for each of my four children and found their response was overwhelming. Both my great-grandfather and grandfather were mentioned in the book living in Steinbach, Manitoba. To know your heritage is a wonderful thing but most important is sharing it with my children and grand-children.

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!

I have recently come into many papers that list some of my familys history this book will be very helpful in filling in some of the missing pieces.

It's a very easy read. The details listed matched up with the stories past down from my Russian immigrant ancestors.

Very interesting.

Easy to read. Clear and well written. Could expand in some areas, but gives a good overview. I would recommend it as an introduction for a novice.

This is very interesting!

This book gives an abbreviated overview of Russian Mennonite history. It's a good springboard for those who want a full understanding of this important community. The lessons learned by the Russian Mennonite experience have much to say about today's challenges. This includes the relationship with the government, engagement with those outside the community, and how to handle both prosperity as well as difficult economic times.A good companion to this book is the documentary " Through the Desert Goes Our Journey. " It highlights one of the more interesting episodes in Russian Mennonite history - the Great Trek to Central Asia. In the 1880's, hundreds of families left their prosperous estates, and migrated to the khanates beyond Russia's eastern frontier. This episode illustrates historical Russian Mennonite life and attitudes, and the documentary advances the story to show its relevance today.

Heritage

Great book!

My dad loved the Christmas gift

Easy to read history of Mennonites

This book is very interesting, I enjoyed reading it