Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Maps and Genealogical Figures xi
4. Background of This Book xiii
5. Preface xix
6. Introduction xxv
7. 1. Two Russian Mennonite Families 1
8. Part One. Father's Ancestral Family: The Rempels
9. 2. Cherkessy with Broken-Tipped Knives: The Rempel Clan 15
10. 3. The First Three Generations of Rempels 18
11. 4. A 'Better' Class of Rempels: The Maternal Lineage 25
12. 5. Tribulations: My Paternal Grandparents 29
13. 6. Father and His First Wife 36
14. Part Two. Mother's Ancestral Families: The Höppners, Hildebrands, Kovenhovens, and Paulses
15. 7. Unjust Charges: The Fate of Jacob Höppner 45
16. 8. Mennonite Service and Supernatural Tales: The Hildebrands 50
17. 9. Piety and Pain: Mother's Paternal Ancestors 58
18. 10. A Burdened Life: Grandfather Heinrich Pauls 65
19. 11. Equanimity: Grandmother Pauls, 1901-1917 75
20. Part Three. Boyhood
21. 12. Life at Home 85
22. 13. Father's Occupations 102
23. 14. Apprehension Following the 1905 Revolution: Premonition of Chaos to Come 112
24. 15. Class Conflicts within the Khortitsa Settlement 119
25. 16. Growing Interest in Education 135
26. Part Four. Fading Hopes: War and Revolution
27. 17. The Outbreak of War 151
28. 18. Harassment and the Confiscation of Property 160
29. 19. Revolution and Reform: Challenges to the Old Guards 169
30. Part Five. From Dream to Nightmare: Civil War and Makhnovite Terror (Makhnovshchina)
31. 20. The First Phase of the Civil War, January to March 1918 183
32. 21. Nominal Security under Foreign Occupation, April to November 1918 191
33. 22. A Short Respite: Two Celebrations 200
34. 23. The Civil War Deepens, November 1918 to September 1919 208
35. 24. Makhnovite Terror (Makhnovshchina): The Initial Stage, 21 September to 23 October 1919 220
36. 25. The Height of the Makhnovite Terror, 23 October to 23 December 1919 227
37. 26. Hostages 233
38. 27. Typhus: The Nightmare Legacy of Makhnovite Terror, December 1919 to March 1920 241
39. 28. More Desperate Years: A Sketch 252
40. Epilogue 259
41. Appendices 263
42. Glossary 297
43. Notes 303
44. A Painter's Recollection of Khortitsa, 1910 329
45. Index 331