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Ufa, formerly a province of Imperial [[Russia|Russia]] between the Volga and the Ural Mountains, where a daughter settlement was made about 1894 with its center in [[Davlekanovo (Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia)|Davlekanovo]], 90 km west of the city of Ufa. Until the [[Russian Revolution and Civil War|Revolution]] of 1917, the settlement made extraordinary economic and cultural progress. It maintained a [[Davlekanovo Zentralschule (Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia)|secondary school in Davlekanovo]] (a seven-year course, and later nine) and periodically also a Bible school. In the village there were two small Mennonite congregations, and in the neighborhood there were a number more, among them [[Berezovka (Bashkortostan, Russia)|Berezovka]], [[Gortchakovo Mennonite Brethren Church (Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia)|Gortchakovo]], and Karanbash. Most of the settlers were farmers; in Davlekanovo there were several mill owners and merchants. | Ufa, formerly a province of Imperial [[Russia|Russia]] between the Volga and the Ural Mountains, where a daughter settlement was made about 1894 with its center in [[Davlekanovo (Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia)|Davlekanovo]], 90 km west of the city of Ufa. Until the [[Russian Revolution and Civil War|Revolution]] of 1917, the settlement made extraordinary economic and cultural progress. It maintained a [[Davlekanovo Zentralschule (Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia)|secondary school in Davlekanovo]] (a seven-year course, and later nine) and periodically also a Bible school. In the village there were two small Mennonite congregations, and in the neighborhood there were a number more, among them [[Berezovka (Bashkortostan, Russia)|Berezovka]], [[Gortchakovo Mennonite Brethren Church (Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia)|Gortchakovo]], and Karanbash. Most of the settlers were farmers; in Davlekanovo there were several mill owners and merchants. | ||
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Revision as of 17:10, 19 July 2016
Ufa, formerly a province of Imperial Russia between the Volga and the Ural Mountains, where a daughter settlement was made about 1894 with its center in Davlekanovo, 90 km west of the city of Ufa. Until the Revolution of 1917, the settlement made extraordinary economic and cultural progress. It maintained a secondary school in Davlekanovo (a seven-year course, and later nine) and periodically also a Bible school. In the village there were two small Mennonite congregations, and in the neighborhood there were a number more, among them Berezovka, Gortchakovo, and Karanbash. Most of the settlers were farmers; in Davlekanovo there were several mill owners and merchants.
| Author(s) | Gerhard Hein |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Hein, Gerhard. "Ufa (Bashkortostan, Russia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Ufa_(Bashkortostan,_Russia)&oldid=135145.
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Hein, Gerhard. (1959). Ufa (Bashkortostan, Russia). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Ufa_(Bashkortostan,_Russia)&oldid=135145.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 761. All rights reserved.
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