Agrachan (Republic of Dagestan, Russia)
Agrachan was an intended village in the northeastern part of the Mennonite colony established in 1901 in the Terek region on the Caspian Sea in Russia, south of the Agrachan Peninsula and of the camp of Peter I there in 1722. Planned for thirty-three landless Mennonite families, it was never settled because the salty character of the soil made it unsuitable for agriculture.
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 14.
Author(s) | Christian Hege |
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Date Published | 1955 |
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Hege, Christian. "Agrachan (Republic of Dagestan, Russia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1955. Web. 31 Oct 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Agrachan_(Republic_of_Dagestan,_Russia)&oldid=53630.
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Hege, Christian. (1955). Agrachan (Republic of Dagestan, Russia). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 31 October 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Agrachan_(Republic_of_Dagestan,_Russia)&oldid=53630.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 23. All rights reserved.
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