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German letters concerning mission work among native population

Correspondence

List of grants and privileges issued to Mennonites of Ekaterinoslavsk and Tavrichesk estate by the Minister of Government Property.

Correspondence re. Complaints of Tokmak peasants against Mennonite settlers.

This collection of files contains the correspondence between the ministry of Internal Affairs and the Department of Government Economy. These documents are the decisions on various unrelated topics. For example: the Wertembergsk colonies request to temporarily exempt them from paying taxes, due to their economical and financial crises. The ministry of I. A. and the Department of G. E. view this request. Continued with such affairs as the new division of Evangelical districts among the colonies of Saratov; funds provided for the burial of the assistant city architect - Kramer, the dismissal of the teacher of Podol school due to his retirement age; etc.

This section is made up of petitions from German settlers to His Majesty the Emperor, requesting to excuse them from the decree of February 2nd , 1915, which eliminates the landowning and land usage for foreign settlers. These people are requesting to leave them their properties for further usage, expressing their loyalty and devotion to their country.

Petition for land....

Petitions, letters

This file holds various decrees and orders in regards to the conscription of the Mennonites of Ekaterinoslav, Tavrichesk and Cherson provinces to the forestry commands and other non-combat military services.

C.O. questions and petitions

Russian correspondence on a variety of topics

Report to the minister of Internal Affairs about the desire of the Mennonite population of Tavrichesk to emigrate from Russia because of the military service policy. In order to keep industrious and hard working people in Russia it is suggested to substitute military duty with alternative services.

This file deals with the census statistics (birth certificates, place of residence, death certificates, etc.) of sect members in various provinces. Also, the registration of the individuals who separated from Orthodoxy and engaged in marriages with people of other religions. Continued with various decrees and orders in regards to the census registration of foreigners and sect members; the registration of people who marry but belong to different religions.

Constitution of the All-Russian Union of Evangelical Christians.

Documents to the General-Governor of Kiev, Volinsk and Podolsk about the congress of Mennonites and Baptists who wanted to consult on their desire to emigrate from Russia because of the new military duty decree. (1874) Notes on what happened in the congress.