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Under the Soviet government Tashkent has become a very significant center in [[Soviet Central Asia|Soviet Central Asia]] with a population of about one million by the late 1950s. Mennonites who had drifted to this area by this time had thus far not organized a church; some attended the Baptist services. Their number was likely not as large in this area as in Alma Ata, Karaganda, and some other places. | Under the Soviet government Tashkent has become a very significant center in [[Soviet Central Asia|Soviet Central Asia]] with a population of about one million by the late 1950s. Mennonites who had drifted to this area by this time had thus far not organized a church; some attended the Baptist services. Their number was likely not as large in this area as in Alma Ata, Karaganda, and some other places. | ||
| − | See [[Soviet Central Asia|Soviet Central Asia]] | + | See [[Soviet Central Asia|Soviet Central Asia ]] |
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Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan, former capital of Turkestan. This city played a significant role in the history of the Mennonites who migrated to Central Asia in 1880 ff. under the leadership of Claas Epp and Abraham Peters to find a refuge and establish new settlements. The Peters group resided here temporarily.
Under the Soviet government Tashkent has become a very significant center in Soviet Central Asia with a population of about one million by the late 1950s. Mennonites who had drifted to this area by this time had thus far not organized a church; some attended the Baptist services. Their number was likely not as large in this area as in Alma Ata, Karaganda, and some other places.
| Author(s) | Cornelius Krahn |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Krahn, Cornelius. "Tashkent (Toshkent Province, Uzbekistan)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Tashkent_(Toshkent_Province,_Uzbekistan)&oldid=93683.
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Krahn, Cornelius. (1959). Tashkent (Toshkent Province, Uzbekistan). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Tashkent_(Toshkent_Province,_Uzbekistan)&oldid=93683.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 684. All rights reserved.
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