Place:Molotschna, Berdi︠a︡nsk, Tavrida, Russia

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NameMolotschna
TypeColony
Located inBerdi︠a︡nsk, Tavrida, Russia
Contained Places
Former village
Fürstenau ( 1806 - )
Ladekopp ( 1805 - )
Lichtenau ( 1804 - )
Lindenau ( 1804 - )
Rikkenau ( 1811 - )
Rudnerweide ( 1820 - )
Inhabited place
Molochans'k ( 1804 - )


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Molotschna Colony or Molochna Colony was a Russian Mennonite settlement in what is now Zaporizhzhia Oblast in Ukraine. Today, the central village, known as Molochansk, has a population less than 10,000. The settlement is named after the Molochna River which forms its western boundary. The land falls mostly within the Tokmatskyi and Chernihivskyi Raions. The nearest large city is Melitopol, southwest of Molochansk.

Initially called Halbstadt (Half-city), Molotschna was founded in 1804 by Mennonite settlers from West Prussia and consisted of 57 villages. Known as the New Colony, it was the second and largest Mennonite settlement in the Russian Empire. In the late 19th century, thousands of people left this colony to settle in North America, and later relocated to Latin America, where Mennonites settled in several countries. After many Mennonites left or were deported during and after the last days of World War II, this area became populated largely by Ukrainians.

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