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Andreyevka (also called Gnadental), was a village in the Mennonite colony of Nikolaipol near [[Aulie-Ata Mennonite Settlement (Kyrgyzstan)|Aulie-Ata]], [[Russia|Russia]] (now Taraz, Zhambyl Province, [[Kazakhstan, Republic of|Kazakhstan]]), at the foot of the northwest spur of the Tianshan range in [[Turkestan|Turkestan]], about 5,000 feet above sea level. It was established in 1882 by Mennonites, chiefly from the [[Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Molotschna colony]] under the leadership of [[Peters, Abraham (1833-1882)|A. Peters]], who hoped to acquire there complete exemption from military service. The village had about 30 families of farmers. The soil was loamy, mixed with stones, and was irrigated with water from the mountain brooks. At first the colonists lived in poverty, but gradually became prosperous. Most of them belonged to the [[Nikolaipol Mennonite Brethren Church (Bakay-Ata, Talas Region, Kyrgyzstan)|Nikolaipol Mennonite Brethren Church]]. The ultimate fate of this settlement was unknown in the 1950s.
= Bibliography =
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. ''Mennonitisches Lexikon'', 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 71.
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