Dnepropetrovsk
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Hospital figureDnepropetrovsk was the nearest large city to the major Mennonite colonies, and so it had a sizable population of Mennonites at the turn of the century.  A Mennonite had been an influential mayor.  Others built a large factories.  The ornamentation in the photo was part of a hospital in which many Mennonites worked.  The building is now crumbling but was still used until recently.

Other sites included:

  • the building that had been the headquarters of the Board of Guardians, the structure used by the Russian government to supervise Mennonite and other colonies;
  • the hotel that was once the residence of Nestor Machno, the bandit who terrorized Mennonites and others just after the Revolution;
  • the Potemkin Palace;
  • the museum that contains the Reparations Room, memorializing those lost to Stalin's policies and purges.