This is a photo of a wide street in a village identified as Chortitza by Arthur Slagel. There are several teams of oxen tied to wagons and people on the street and sidewalks.

Black and white photo. Young child in casket with eyes half open and mouth partially open. Right hand visible along edge of casket. Ribbons, flowers, and greenery along bottom edge of casket. Head is resting on light-coloured pillow, with light-coloured clothes on child. Note on back of photo reads: Mein Bruder Peter P. Regier 18 Chortitza 15.4 1898. A.P.R.

This is a photo of Peter Sawatzky (1850-1925) and his wife, born Niebuhr. Sawatzky was a businessman in Chortitza. Four of their six children were exiled. Two of these have died. The fate of the others is unknown. [HR 157]

This photo is a composite of 6 photos of the famous Chortitza oak tree. It includes photos of the whole tree as well as photos of the individual leaves and a close-up of the trunk. Included are negatives.

This is a photo of the staff and students of the Chortitza Central School of the year 1902. The teachers are (left to right): unknown, unknown, Abram Neufeld, unknown, Penner and unknown. [HR 200]

This is a photo of the string orchestra of the students of the Chortitza Teacher Training Institute in the year 1937. [HR 214] (N:353)

Students visiting the 1000 year old Oak tree at Chortitza in 1908.

A photo of 33 students (all boys) who attended the Zentralschule in Chortitza. The 5 adults on the picture were likely teachers at the school. The photo also has the name Uncle Julius on it.

The Teacher's College in the village of Chortitza. It opened in 1913.

This is a photo of the teachers, with their families, of the Teachers' Training School in Chortitza, Russia. Standing ( to right): 3rd person, Dietrich H. Epp, 5th person, Heinrich H. Epp. Seated (left to right): 2nd lady, Mrs. Agnetha Epp, nee Klassen, holding child.

This is a photo of the teachers and famiiies of the Chortitza Zentralschule in Chortitza, Russia. Standing (left to right): 2nd Dietrich H. Epp, at the end Abram Jakob Wiebe. The women and children, seated, are unknown, except for the lady in the light dress in the middle in front - Charlotte Wassmuss.

This photo is a combination of three photos pieced together by photographer Bill Schroeder on one of his trips/tours of the Ukraine. A road is in the foreground and a low fence surrounds the oak tree. Inside the fence is a few boulders and grass. Behind the grass in the background are smaller trees and a woman a small structure. A modern building can be seen through the trees on the far right in the back. -- Note: this photo is over sized. Bill Schroeder's comments on this picture are:
The famous old oak in the village of Chortitza provided shelter for the first Mennonite immigrants from the Vistula Delta in 1789. The tree is estimated to be about seven hundred years old. It had a height of thirty-six meters (115 feet). The crown had a diameter of forty-three meters (137 feet ), and the trunk had a diameter of about 3.4 meters (about 11 feet). The shape of its leaves was similar through slightly smaller then the leaves of the burr oak common in the prairie states and provinces in North America. Because of its size, great age and unusual shape the Zaporozhian Cossacks, who live in that area till 1774, considered this oak to be sacred. The practice of worshiping an oak tree was a carry-over from per-Christian times (988) when Slavic people worshiped Perun and Svantovit. This magnificent oak served as a natural monument for many years. It was protected by the state and served as a popular tourist attraction. Unfortunately the old oak died during the 1990s. (William Schroeder). See MHC 631.6 for enhanced version.

This photo is a colour photocopy of a photo of a group of women in traditional Ukranian dress posing for a photo with the famous Chortitza Oak tree.

The trunk and main branches of the Chortitza Oak tree., taken in the spring or summer. Behind the tree to the right is a group of 8 Ukrainian female dancers in traditional dress, sitting on a railing that encircles the oak tree.