Molotschna Part I

Some sights of the Molotschna Colony, Part 1 Please click on the picture-buttons for more of the story and pictures.
	The Molotschna River. Just a stream by our standards, but the largest flowing body in the region.
	For many, the threshing stone symbolizes 19th-century Mennonite Russia.
	A day in the Ukrainian steppes requires adaptations. We carried sack lunches each day, and made bush stops.
	The memory of Lenin is not negative to many. The statues are but the most visible reminders.
	Children of Klippenfeld -- as precious as children anywhere.
	Petershagen's founders included 5-great grandparents Klaas and Elizabeth Friesen. Today, the excitement is for a church rebuilding.
	Schönsee, a church building continuing to disintegrate.
	The Lichtenau train station where, in the 20th century, Mennonites left for North America -- or for Siberia.
	The gate to a Ukrainian home has traditional flourishes.