Chortitza Colonyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Chortitza Colony was a Russian Mennonite settlement northwest of Khortytsia Island and is now part of Zaporizhia, Ukraine. Chortitza was founded in 1789 by Low Saxon-speaking (also referred to as Mennonite Plautdietsch) Mennonite settlers from West Prussia and consisted of many villages. It was the first of many Mennonite settlements in Russia. Because the Mennonites living in these villages emigrated or were evacuated or deported at the end of World War II, mostly Ukrainians and Russians are found there today.