Orloff (Slavgorod Mennonite Settlement, Siberia, Russia)

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Orloff, a Mennonite village of the Slavgorod Mennonite settlement in Siberia, established in 1908, became the administrative and cultural center of the settlement. In addition to the volost building, a post office and a hospital were erected. The latter was transferred to Halbstadt in 1928-1929 where a district hospital was erected. For a while Orloff was the center of the Slavgorod Mennonite Church. Orloff had a brick factory. A monument was erected in Orloff in 1912, to its benefactor Peter A. Stolypin.

Bibliography

Fast, Gerhard. In den Steppen Sibiriens. Rosthern, SK: J. Heese, [1957?]: 29 ff.


Author(s) Cornelius Krahn
Date Published 1959

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Krahn, Cornelius. "Orloff (Slavgorod Mennonite Settlement, Siberia, Russia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 23 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Orloff_(Slavgorod_Mennonite_Settlement,_Siberia,_Russia)&oldid=76707.

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Krahn, Cornelius. (1959). Orloff (Slavgorod Mennonite Settlement, Siberia, Russia). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 23 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Orloff_(Slavgorod_Mennonite_Settlement,_Siberia,_Russia)&oldid=76707.



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