Moon, David Gerard orcid.org/0000-0001-8079-838X (2017) Cultivating the Steppe:The Origins of Mennonite Farming Practices in the Russian Empire. Journal of Mennonite Studies. pp. 241-268. ISSN 0824-5053
Abstract
The main part of this article is presented in two sections. The first considers the practices for cultivating grain introduced by Mennonite farmers in Molotschna in the 1830s; the second analyzes the wider contexts in which the Mennonites developed the practices and the motivations behind them. The article is based on a range of primary sources including reports by Mennonite leaders to the Russian authorities, studies of Mennonite agriculture by visiting specialists, and articles by Mennonite and Russian authors published in contemporary Russian agricultural periodicals and preserved in archives in Russia and Ukraine. It also draws on the recent edition of the correspondence of pioneering Mennonite farmer and leader Johann Cornies. Reference is made to a selection of the extensive secondary literature on the Mennonite colonies and steppe farming. In keeping with recent Ukrainian scholarship, the Mennonites are considered as part of the wider population of southern Ukraine.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | The subtitle was revised by the journal editor after the text of the article was agreed, hence the difference between the published title and that on the text attached. |
Keywords: | Mennonites,Agriculture,Steppe,Ukraine,History |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > History (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number LEVERHULME TRUST UNSPECIFIED THE BRITISH ACADEMY SG112033 |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 23 May 2017 09:45 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2025 23:09 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:116807 |
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