Orloff (Ohrloff)
Orloff (Ohrloff), a common Mennonite village name which originated in Prussia and was transplanted to the Molotschnaand Zagradovka settlements, Ukraine; Alexandertal and Am Trakt settlements, Samara; Barnaul and Omsk, Siberia; and Fernheim,Chaco, Paraguay. It is likely that the Russian Mennonite village names Orlovka and Orlovo (Memrik) are related to the German Orloff.
| Author(s) | Cornelius Krahn |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Krahn, Cornelius. "Orloff (Ohrloff)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Orloff_(Ohrloff)&oldid=76706.
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Krahn, Cornelius. (1959). Orloff (Ohrloff). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Orloff_(Ohrloff)&oldid=76706.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 84. All rights reserved.
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