Place:Schönwiese, Aleksandrovsk, Ekaterinoslav, Russia

Name	Schönwiese
Alt names	Shenvize	source: Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta
	Moskovka	source: Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta
Type	Former village
Coordinates	47.8°N 35.183333°E
Located in	Aleksandrovsk, Ekaterinoslav, Russia (1793 - )
Also located in	Chortitza, Ekaterinoslav, Russia (1793 - )
See also	Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhia, Ukraine	absorbed into

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Schönwiese was founded in 1789 as a Mennonite village within the Chortitza Colony. The village was originally settled by German-speaking Mennonite immigrants from Prussia. Early census records (in German) can be found in Die Niederländisch-Niederdeutschen Hintergründe der Mennonitischen Ostwanderungen, by B. H. Unruh.

Latitude and longitude are approximate, based on an 1833 map of the Chortitza Colony.