mostly Ukrainians and Russians live there. A few Mennonites, who have either a Ukrainian parent or spouse, resettled there. Mennonite churches and ministries can now be found in Zaporizhia oblast. In Kazakhstan, Mennonites have gathered in industrial cities such as Karaganda. At the end of the 1980s many Mennonites in the Soviet Union began to immigrate to Germany. Today many of the former residents of Chortitza and their descendants are found in Germany and Canada. See also Bergthal Colony Notes References External links Russian Mennonite Genealogical Resources Maps, photographs, genealogy and information (German) Chortitza Mennonite Settlement, (Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine) in Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online Mennonitism in Ukraine History of Zaporizhzhia Former German settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast