Lugowsk
| Pleschanowo
| Ischalka
Worship house of Ischalka |
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Bridal pair from the Tessmann family. | Lugowsk
Cornelius C. Klassen, minister in the Lugowsk Mennonite Brethren congregation. He emigrated in 1926 to Canada. |
Dolinsk
Cornelius Funk. 1920s | Pleschanowo
Daniel Boschmann, bishop of the Mennonite congregation in Pleschanow in 1904-1929. | Lugowsk
The old worship house. After closing in 1932 it got an additional floor and became a central school. |
Pleschanowo
| Donskoj
The former worship house of the Donskoj Mennonite Brethren congregation, built in 1908, closed in 06.01.1931. Since then the village school. | Lugowsk
The married couple Heinrich and Katharina Reimer has dedicated their whole life to the school and the children. Their work in the central school in Lugowsk and later in Pleschanow is not to be underestimated. Almost everybody in the settlement knew the "dolle Reimer". |
Pleschanowo
The first worship house of the settlement belonged to the Pleschanow Mennonite congregation. Built approx. 1898. Since closing in 1931 it was used as a warehouse, school, clubhouse. | Lugowsk
House of family Heide |
This photo came from the legacy of Neil Nickels father. He need help to identify the person on it. |
This photo came from the legacy of Neil Nickels father. He need help to identify the person on it. |
This photo came from the legacy of Neil Nickels father. He need help to identify the person on it. |
This photo came from the legacy of Neil Nickels father. He need help to identify the person on it. |
This photo came from the legacy of Neil Nickels father. He need help to identify the persons on it. | Berdjansk
Below the photo stands Berdyansk, so it must be taken there (a town near Molotschna). This photo came from the legacy of Neil Nickels father. He need help to identify the person on it. | Dolinsk
The former store of Johann Dyck. The house was sold after the revolution to Wilhelm Riesen who was repressed as "kulak" in the 30-s and deported to the north. The building was used first as a clubhouse and since the 1st September, 1972 as a village school. (In the settlement as a "Riesen'shaus" known). |
Donskoj
The first leader (1910 – 1922) Donskoj Mennonite Brethren congregation, minister Johann Braun with his wife Katharina nee Willms.They came in the late 1890s to Donskoj from Konteniusfeld, Molotschna. |
The store of Johann Dyck (at the beginning of 20th century). | Donskoj
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Lugowsk
| Dolinsk
The village street in the 1970-s | Dolinsk
The new school (Riesens house). The pupils at garden work |
Kamenez
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This photo is contributed by Neil Nickel from Canada. It was taken in Pleschanowo or Dolinsk in 1920s. From left to right Wilhelm Friesen with wife nee Nickel, David Litke with wife nee Nickel, Bernhard Peters with his second wife Margareta Hübert nee Nickel (02.03.1868 - ....1946) Bogomasowo, sitting the mother Nickel and unknown, behind her - widow Kornelius Friesen nee Nickel, Johann Abram Nickel (1861-1943), the grand father of Neil, with his wife Maria (nee Petker) (1872-1946), his grand mother, Kornelius Nickel with wife nee Penner (Donskoj), Abram Nickelwith wife nee Dörksen (Bogomasowo). |
Double wedding |