THE MIGRATION OF MENNONITES AND JEWS TO INNER ASIA IN THE 18TH -19TH CENTURIES.

Abstract

Mennonite pacifists did not take up arms as a matter of principle. They 
were originally engaged in agriculture and trade. Teaching in German was banned in 
schools, and the Germans began to move on. Native Jews were considered Russian 
subjects; merchants were allowed to trade freely throughout the region and in the 
largest cities of European Russia.