Contents

List of Tables vii

List of Maps and Figμres ix

Acknowledgments xi

Note on Terminology, Orthography, and Transliteration xiii

Glossary of Russian Weights and Measures xv

1 Introduction 3

2 Colonization and Administrative Policy 18

3 Adaptation on the Land-Rich Steppe, 1783-1833 45

4 The Great Drought of 1832-1834 87

5 Johann Cornies and the Birth of a New Mennonite World View 107

6 The Path Taken by the Orthodox State Peasants:

Land Repartition 144

7 ConsolidationandAlienation 165

8 Conclusion 179

Appendix 187

Notes 195

Bibliography 233

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