Lutherans from a neighboring village arrived to join the group that greeted him. After he and his group had enjoyed their breakfast, the Czar presented Mrs. Hiebert with a diamond ring. The essay says that other visitors, including royal family members, found the Molotschna villages convenient stopping places as they traveled to the summer resorts in the Crimea. This volume also has a fine essay about the Turkey Red wheat that made its journey from Russia onto the tables of the world. Norma Jost Voth is the descendant of grandparents who were the original Mennonite settlers who came to Kansas from the Ukraine in 1874.
Old photographs show a polished prosperity.
No tales of hardship here, just German-Russians at a very fine time in their history.