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Borozenko Mennonite Settlement, founded in 1865-1866 by Mennonites from the [[Chortitza Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Chortitza colony]] on land purchased by themselves; the post office was Nikopol; the area 6,137 desiatinas (ca. 18,000 acres). It contained six villages: [[Nikolaital (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)|Nikolaital]], Schöndorf, Felsenbach, Steinbach, Ebenfeld, and Blumenhof; population in 1910 was 600 with 120 families.

The settlement made satisfactory economic progress. As a congregation they were served in their baptismal and communion services by the elder of the old Chortitza settlement; but they later joined the [[Neu-Chortitza Mennonite Church (Baratov Settlement, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast,Ukraine)|Neu-Chortitza congregation]], for they were located nearer to the latter.

The school system of Borozenko was very similar to that of [[Baratov Mennonite Settlement (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)|Baratov]]. Since the parents wished to keep their children on the farm, very few were sent to the Zentralschule.

[[World War (1914-1918)|World War I]] and its aftermath devastated these villages. Steinbach (and presumably Ebenfeld) was slaughtered off almost completely in a single night, and the bandits caused much depredation in the other villages. The settlement was, however, somewhat negligent in the matter of emigration; they finally left the locality; particulars are not known. It is to be assumed that this settlement was completely destroyed in [[World War (1939-1945) - Soviet Union|World War II]].
= Bibliography =
Friesen, Peter M. <em class="gameo_bibliography">The Mennonite Brotherhood in Russia (1789-1910), </em>trans. J. B. Toews and others. Fresno, CA: Board of Christian Literature [M.B.], 1978, rev. ed. 1980.

Friesen, Peter M. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Die Alt-Evangelische Mennonitische Brüderschaft in Russland (1789-1910) im Rahmen der mennonitischen Gesamtgeschichte</em>. Halbstadt: Verlagsgesellschaft "Raduga", 1911: 677.

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. ''Mennonitisches Lexikon'', 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967<em class="gameo_bibliography">: </em><span class="gameo_bibliography">v</span><em class="gameo_bibliography">. </em>I, 247.
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