Mariental (Samara Oblast, Russia)
Mariental, the name of two villages in Russia. The second village was founded in 1863 in the Alexandertal settlement in the province of Samara. In 1887 the Mennonite Brethren built a church here. In 1905 the congregation numbered 98 souls; in 1913 the membership was 250 souls. They suffered severely during the Revolution.
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 39.
Author(s) | Christian Neff |
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Date Published | 1957 |
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Neff, Christian. "Mariental (Samara Oblast, Russia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 15 Aug 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mariental_(Samara_Oblast,_Russia)&oldid=92589.
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Neff, Christian. (1957). Mariental (Samara Oblast, Russia). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 15 August 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mariental_(Samara_Oblast,_Russia)&oldid=92589.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 483. All rights reserved.
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