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Astrakhanka

Ukraine / Zaporizka / Rozivka /

Village founded by Spiritual Christian Molokane in early 1800s. Molokane built 15 prayer/meeting halls. Location of one of three historic Molokan religious centers and schools built in 1905, and converted during Soviet times into a city hall and police station. Location of the 1992 International Molokan Convention. Location of one of three Molokan assemblies in Zaporozhe oblast -- nearby Novovasil'evka and Novospasskoe. During the 1832-33 famine, a series of zealous spiritual evangelic meetings among different nationalities and faiths merged to form what would be labeled about 1856 as "Pryguny" (Jumpers) in Russian.
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Coordinates:   46°57'14"N   35°39'13"E
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