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Busau-Aktatschi (also called Aktatschi or Aktatchi), a small Mennonite village in the Russian province of Taurida, 13 miles (20 km) from the sea-coast city of Yevpatoriya, 16 miles (25 km) from the nearest railway station, Kurman-Kemeltchi, 10 miles (16 km) from the post office Aibar. The village was founded in 1886, consisted of five farms and a school lot, and covered 1,350 desiatinas (about 3,000 acres) of plain. In 1913 there were 42 inhabitants, engaged in agriculture, all members of the [[Busau Mennonite Church (Busau, Crimea, Ukraine)|Busau Mennonite Church]]. Originally the group had been a part of the [[Karassan Mennonite Church (Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine)|Karassan congregation]]. The first elder was [[Raabe, Friedrich (1841-1896)|Friedrich Raabe]] (1884-1890) followed by [[Martins, Heinrich H. (1860-1905)|H. H. Martins]] (1902).
= Bibliography =
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>, 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 304.

= Maps =
[[Map:Busau-Aktatschi (Crimea)|Map:Busau-Aktatschi (Crimea)]]
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