Busau-Aktatschi (Crimea, Ukraine)
Busau-Aktatschi (also called Aktatschi or Aktatchi), a small Mennonite village in the Russian province of Taurida, 13 miles (20 km) from the sea-coast city of Yevpatoriya, 16 miles (25 km) from the nearest railway station, Kurman-Kemeltchi, 10 miles (16 km) from the post office Aibar. The village was founded in 1886, consisted of five farms and a school lot, and covered 1,350 desiatinas (about 3,000 acres) of plain. In 1913 there were 42 inhabitants, engaged in agriculture, all members of the Busau Mennonite Church. Originally the group had been a part of the Karassan congregation. The first elder was Friedrich Raabe (1884-1890) followed by H. H. Martins (1902).
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 304.
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| Author(s) | Heinrich Rempel |
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| Date Published | 1953 |
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Rempel, Heinrich. "Busau-Aktatschi (Crimea, Ukraine)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 18 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Busau-Aktatschi_(Crimea,_Ukraine)&oldid=144040.
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Rempel, Heinrich. (1953). Busau-Aktatschi (Crimea, Ukraine). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Busau-Aktatschi_(Crimea,_Ukraine)&oldid=144040.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 480. All rights reserved.
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