The integrated bus
and private trip
schedule for the 2006 cruise will start to be posted on this site in
July, 2006
There will be three days of bus and private trips while we are
based in Zaporozhye Oct 6,7,9. 2006
Here is what it looked like for our last cruise:
Please also see the cruise itinerary changes, marked in red,
which have accumulated over the summer
We have now
stopped
implementing trip change requests. Final changes can be made on the
ship in Ukraine
Here are some maps that may be helpful to you
Regional map of colonies
Map of Molochna Colony
Map of Khortitsa Colony
Important principles
See also a separate page explaining bus trips and private trips
Bus routes, at no extra charge, can get you to your choice of any
village in the Molochna, Khortitsa and Yazykovo Settlements. Stops at
any one village are relatively short. If you would like to spend more
time in any one or a number of villages, please book a private trip.
Private trips can also be booked to outlying Settlements and private
estates. The cost of a private trip is shared by the participants.
Costs are paid on the ship directly to the trip providers.
Draft 2004 Integrated schedule of
cruise bus and private trips
Sunday, October 3 docked
in Sevastopol We will give passengers the option of
either visiting Mennonite villages in Crimea or a special day of
Crimean War 150th Anniversary sites We are specifically interested in
establishing the list for the Mennonite village tour. All the rest will
find plenty of room on several buses to the Crimean War sites.
Mennonite village bus tour (likely one or two buses - please be
assured there will be space for everyone) to
Karassan, Spat, Menlerchik, Tschongrau, Annenfeld, etc Crimea Village rather than Crimean War
sites
Adrian, Peter
Adrian, Rose
DeFehr, Arthur
DeFehr, Leona
Dueck, Henry
Dueck, Mary
Enns, Peter
Esau, Eunice
Esau, Willis
Friesen, Jane
Friesen, Kevin
Friesen-Blank, Carley
Goerz, Eckhard
Goertzen, Donald
Goertzen, Wanda
Hacker, Agnes
Hacker, Cheryl
Hacker, Ray
Huk, Eugene
Huk, Lois
Janzen, Herta
Janzen, Neil
Neudorf, Reta
Neufeld, Kae
Quapp, David
Quapp, Mary
Quapp, Roma
Rempel, Nelly
Richert, George
Richert, Pearl
Shaum, Melaney
Toews, Jerry
Toews, Leann
Voth, Helena
Wiebe, Adrienne
Wiebe, Tena
Wiebe, Rudy
Wieler, Anne
Wieler, Bertha
Crimea Private Trips
Ruth Heinrichs to the Izobeelno Tamak Estate near Nizhnigirsk
Bill, Candi & Krista Martens to Montenai, near main road north of
Evpatoria near Novoselivske
Day One Wed Oct 6 Private
trips
Berdjansk & Melitopol: two
day private trip
Rempel, Nelly
Ziessmann, Hedy
Fürstenland -
Sergeyevka plus one village
Neufeld, Abe
Neufeld, David
Neufeld, Irene
Yoder Neufeld, Tom
Schroeder Del
Schroeder, Frances
Ignatievo family group: New
York in Ignatievo and Alexanderpol near Memrik
Becker, Ernest
Becker, Lucille
Becker, Werner
Becker, Ruth
Kathler, Margaret
Klassen, Eleanor
Redekop, Aaron
Redekop, Donna
Voth, Jake
Voth, Judy
Voth, Peter
Voth, Vicki
Voth, Nancy
Voth, Peter J
Goertz, Eckhard Nikolayevka
Khortitsa family group: Nieder
Khortitsa, Kronstal-Osterwick, Rosenthal, Eichenfeld
Fast, Bill
Fast, Margaret
Kroeker, Karen
Redekopp, Ed
Redekopp, Erna
Redekopp, Harold
Molochna family group: to
Halbstadt, Petershagen, Lichtenau, Ohrloff, Schardau, Fischau,
Pastwa,Rudnerweide
Deppner, Kathleen
Dreier, Karen
Wiens, Ervin
Wiens, Betty
Wiens, Jerry
Wiens, Patti
Schlachtin-Baratov
Bontrager, Betty Ann Grünfeld
Bergen, Mary Ann Grünfeld
Forrester, Matilda Grünfeld
Jansen, Don Grünfeld
Jansen, Lucille Grünfeld
Janzen, Erica Grünfeld
Neufeld, Justina Gnadental
Esau, Eunice Gnadental
Esau, Willis Gnadental
Tiegenhof & Rosenhof
estates same
guide as for Duecks Day Four
Huebert, David
Heubert, Dorothy
Huebert, Helmut
Day One Wed Oct 6 Bus
routes
Molochna North
Route: From Tokmak, east to Fürstenau, Frabrikerwiese,
Schönsee, Liebenau, Wernersdorf, Hamberg, Klippenfeld, south to
Waldheim, west to Hierschau, Landskrone, Friedensdorf, Gnadenheim,
Alexanderwohl, Fürstenwerder, Rückenau, Tiegerweide and
back up to Molochansk (Halbstadt)
Balzer, Alice
Balzer, Lee
Born, Helena
Born, Bill
Braun, Donald
Braun, Johanna
Epp, Hedie
Heinrichs, Bonita
Klassen, Art
Klassen, Eleanore
Nelson, Mae
Petker, Robert
Petker, Barbara
Skau, Kathryn
Unruh, Connie
Unruh, Robert
Unruh, Elaine
Unruh, Lee
Willms, Arthur
Molochna West & South Day
One There will be two buses on this
route
Route: from Tokmak to Ladekopp, Petershagen, Halbstadt,
Neu-Halbstadt, Muntau, Tiegenhagen, Schönau, Fischau, Lindenau,
Lichtenau, Blumstein, Münsterberg, as far south as Altonau, east
to Juschanlee, Kleefeld, Alexanderkrone, Lichtfelde, Neukirch,
Friedensruh and as far as non-existing Steinfeld/Prangenau, backtrack
and go up to Rückenau, Rosenort
Dueck, Harold
Dueck, Judith
Epp, Hedie
Friesen, Abe
Friesen, Elfrieda
Goertzen, Donald
Goertzen, Wanda
Heppner, Margaret
Hodges, John
Hodges, Susie
Jantzen, Irene
Jantzen, Robert
Janzen, Herta
Janzen, Neil
Klassen, Art
Klassen, Eleanore
Klaassen, Dwight
Klaassen, Sharon
Lepp, James
Lepp, Gayl
Martynes, Bill
Martynes, Candi
Martynes, Krista
Mueller, Lorraine
Mueller, Marlene
Wieler, Victor
Neufeld, Kae
Redekopp, Brad
Redekopp, Marlene
Rempel, Henry
Rempel, Rose
Sapelak, Dave
Sapelak, Sharon
Schmidt, George
Schmidt, Karen
Siemens, Paul
Stauffer, Don
Stauffer, Elizabeth
Thieszen, Esther,
Thieszen, Harold
Siemens, Paul
Toews, Jerry
Toews, Leann
Wiens, Ann
Wiens, Anne
Wiens, Ed
Molochna East & South Day One
Route: from Tokmak, take Main Road to Gnadenfeld and east to
Konteniusfeld, Sparrau, Grossweide, Pastwa, southwest to Franzthal,
Rudnerweide, Marienthal, Pordenau, Schardau, Alexanderthal,
Elisabetthal, Steinbach and return via Main Road to Mariawohl,
Gnadenthal and Friedensdorf
Adrian, Peter
Adrian, Rose
DeFehr, Arthur
DeFehr, Leona
Dueck, Mary
Dueck, Henry
Friesen, Jane
Friesen, Kevin
Friesen-Blank, Carley
Shaum Melaney
Friesen, Bob
Friesen, Carol
Hacker, Agnes
Hacker, Cheryl
Hacker, Ray
Heinrichs, Ruth
Heppner, Vivian
Klassen, Lotti
Klassen, Dick
Matthies, Anne
Matthies, Neil
McIntyre, Anna
McIntyre, Alan
Mueller, Ted
Mueller, Berneil
Neufeldt, Arnold
Richert, George
Richert, Pearl
Voth, Helena
Wieler, Anne
Wieler, Bertha
Wiens, Diana
Wiens, Harold
Wiens, Jack
Wiens, Ruth
South Khortitsa Day One
Route: Rosengart, Nieder Khortitsa, Blumengart, Osterwick, Schoenhorst,
Neuendorf,
Eichenfeld, Kronsweide, Einlage
Bergen, Margaret
Delaplane, Lena
Delaplane, Robert
Dyck, Velma
Dyck, David
Dyck, Will
DeFehr, Rick
Dueck, Hilda
Epp, Irma
Schrock, Stan
Franz, Helen
Hulstein, Judy
Harder, Don
Harder, Dolores
Huk, Eugene
Huk, Lois
Neudorf, Peter
Neudorf, Reta
Neudorf, Esther
Neudorf, Frieda
Neumann, Bill
Neumann, Ev
Quapp, David
Quapp, Mary
Quapp, Roma
Riediger, Margaret
Thiessen, Henry
Thiessen, Katy
Wiebe, Adrienne
Wiebe, Tena
Wiebe, Rudy
Day Two Thu Oct 7 Private
trips
Berdiansk via Grossweide Dueck, Hilda
Voth, Helena
Borosenko
Bergen, Margaret Ebenfeld
Khortitsa family group: to
Novaukrainka & Thiessen Estate (have maps)
Klassen, Dick
Klassen, Lotti
Molochnafamily group: to
Schönsee, Liebenau, Landskrone, Friendensdorf
Becker, Ernest
Becker, Lucille
Becker, Werner
Becker, Ruth
Kathler, Margaret
Klassen, Eleanor
Redekop, Aaron
Redekop, Donna
Voth, Jake
Voth, Judy
Voth, Peter
Voth, Vicki
Voth, Nancy
Voth, Peter J
Molochna family group: to
Hierschau, Waldheim, Landskrone
Skau, Kathryn
Willms, Arthur
Memrik Janzen, Herta
Janzen, Neil Neufeld, Kae Memrik,
Michailovka
Sapelak, David Marinovka
Sapelak, Sharon Marinovka
Khortitsa Island
Jantzen, Irene
Jantzen, Robert
Stauffer, Don
Stauffer, Elizabeth
Sagradowka
Neuman, Bill Orloff N.6
Neuman, Ev Orloff N.6
Richert, George Nikolaifeld N.5
Richert, Pearl Nikolaifeld N.5
Bontrager, Betty Ann Orloff & Blumenort
Jansen, Don Orloff & Blumenort
Jansen, Lucille Orloff & Blumenort
Waldheim plus family group
Fast, Bill
Fast, Margaret
Kroeker, Karen
Redekopp, Ed
Redekopp, Erna
Redekopp, Harold
Day Two Thu Oct 7 Bus
Routes
Molochna East &
South Day Two
From Tokmak, take Main Road to Gnadenfeld and east to Konteniusfeld,
Sparrau, Grossweide, Pastwa, southwest to Franzthal, Rudnerweide,
Marienthal, Pordenau, Schardau, Alexanderthal, Elisabetthal,
Steinbach and return via Main Road to Mariawohl, Gnadenthal and
Friedensdorf
Balzer, Alice
Balzer, Lee
Born, Bill
Born, Helena
Braun, Donald
Braun, Johanna
Dueck, Harold
Dueck, Judith
Enns, Luella
Enns, Peter
Goerz, Eckhard
Goertzen, Donald
Goertzen, Wanda
Harder, Don
Harder, Dolores
Heppner, Margaret
Klaassen, Dwight
Klaassen, Sharon
Neufeld, Abe
Neufeld, Irene
Neufeld, David
Riediger, Margaret
Schmidt, George
Schmidt, Karen
Yoder Neufeld, Tom
Thieszen, Esther,
Thieszen, Harold
Unruh, Elaine
Unruh, Lee
Wiebe, Adrienne
Wiebe, Tena
Wiens, Ann
North Khortitsa and
Yazykovo Day Two
Route: Osterwick, Schönhorst, Eichenfeld, Petersdorf, Nikolaipol,
Franzfeld (possibly Reinfeld), Bergmannsthal, Kronsweide, Einlage
Bergen Mary Ann
DeFehr, Arthur
DeFehr, Leona
Dueck, Henry
Dueck, Mary
Forrester, Matilda
Hacker, Agnes
Hacker, Cheryl
Hacker, Ray
Heinrichs, Bonita
Heinrichs, Ruth
Heppner, Vivian
Klassen, Art
Klassen, Eleanore
Neufeldt, Arnold
Janzen, Erica
Lepp, James
Lepp, Gayl
McIntyre, Alan
McIntyre, Anna
Mueller, Marlene
Mueller, Lorraine
Nelson, Mae
Petker, Barbara
Petker, Robert
Redekopp, Marlene
Redekopp, Brad
Rempel, Henry
Rempel, Rose
Unruh, Connie
Unruh, Robert
Wieler, Anne
Wieler, Bertha
Wieler, Victor
Wiens, Anne
Wiens, Ed
Steps of Johann
Cornies Day Two
Route: Halbstadt, Ohrloff, Jushanlee, Akkerman (Promin: Nogai
settlement), Alt Berdjan Forstei buildings, Reimerhof, Melitopol,
Neufeld estate, Cornies/Reimer estate Tashchenenak) & other estates
DeFehr, Rick
Dyck, David
Dyck, Will
Dyck,Velma
Esau, Eunice
Esau, Willis
Friesen, Jane
Friesen, Kevin
Friesen-Blank, Carley
Huk, Eugene
Huk, Lois
Jantzen, Irene
Jantzen, Robert
Martynes, Bill
Martynes, Candi
Martynes, Krista
Quapp, David
Quapp, Mary
Quapp, Roma
Schrock, Stan
Schroeder, Del
Schroeder, Frances
Shaum, Melaney
Stauffer, Don
Stauffer, Elizabeth
Toews, Jerry
Toews, Leann
Molochna North Day
Two
Route: From Tokmak, east to Fürstenau, Fabrikerwiese,
Schönsee, Liebenau, Wernersdorf, Hamberg, Klippenfeld, south to
Waldheim, west to Hierschau, Landskrone, Friedensdorf, Gnadenheim,
Alexanderwohl, Fürstenwerder, Rückenau, Tiegerweide and
back up to Molochansk (Halbstadt)
Delaplane, Lena
Delaplane, Robert
Franz, Helen
Friesen, Abe
Friesen, Elfrieda
Hodges, John
Hodges, Susie
Huebert, David
Huebert, Dorothy
Huebert, Helmut
Hulstein, Judy
Neudorf, Esther
Neudorf, Frieda
Neudorf, Peter
Neudorf, Reta
Wiens, Diana
Wiens, Harold
Wiens, Jack
Wiens, Ruth
On Day Three, Friday, Oct 8 All the
passengers are invited on generic bus routes close in to Zaporozhye.
Most of the morning is spent in the historic founding villages of
Khortitsa/Rosenthal, now a suburb of Zaporozhye, with a special visit
to School #81, the former famous Mädchenschule, the oak tree, etc.
We have lunch back on the ship and then go to the south of Khortitsa
Island for an open air Cossack Equestrian Show. There are evening
rehearsals for the Sunday Thanksgiving program.
Day Four Sat Oct 9 Private
trips
Barvenkovo
Heppner, Margaret
Wiens, Ann
Fürstenland
(Dantsev)
Adrian, Peter Michaelsburg,
Alexanderthal
Adrian, Rose Michaelsburg,
Alexanderthal
Sapelak, Dave Georgstal
Sapelak, Sharon Georgstal
Friesen, Harold
Friesen, Sandra
Molochna
Appanlee estate, Steinbach plus Tiegenhof &
Rosenhof estates same guide as for Hueberts Day One
Dueck, Harold
Dueck, Judith
Molochna Bicycle with
overnight B&B in Molochansk (arranged with Mennonite Centre)
this will not likely require transportation but a dropoff from one of
the Molochna buses at Halbstadt
Klassen, Dick
Klassen, Lotti
Schoenwiese and other sites
Siemens, Paul with Victor Penner
Schlachtin-Baratov
Thiessen, Henry Steinfeld
Thiessen, Katy Steinfeld
Jantzen, Irene Gruenfeld
& Gnadental
Jantzen, Robert Gruenfeld & Gnadental
Day Four Sat Oct 9 Bus
Routes
Steps of Johann Cornies
Two buses on this route
Route: Halbstadt, Ohrloff, Jushanlee, Akkerman (Promin: Nogai
settlement), Alt Berdjan Forstei buildings, Reimerhof, Melitopol,
Neufeld estate, Cornies/Reimer estate Tashchenenak) & other estates
including Neuteich - David Schroeder
Becker, Ernest
Becker, Lucille
Becker, Werner
Becker, Ruth
DeFehr, Arthur
DeFehr, Leona
Dueck, Henry
Dueck, Mary
Hacker, Agnes
Hacker, Cheryl
Hacker, Ray
Heinrichs, Bonita
Janzen, Herta
Janzen, Neil
Kathler, Art
Kathler, Margaret
Klaassen, Dwight
Klaassen, Sharon
McIntyre, Alan
McIntyre, Anna
Mueller, Lorraine
Mueller, Marlene
Nelson, Mae
Neufeld, Kae
Wieler, Victor
Redekop, Aaron
Redekop, Donna
Siemens, Paul
Unruh, Connie
Unruh, Robert
Voth, Helena
Voth, Jake
Voth, Judy
Voth, Peter
Voth, Vicki
Voth, Nancy
Voth, Peter Jr.
Ziesmann, Hedy
Molochna West &
South Day Four
Route: from Tokmak to Ladekopp, Petershagen, Halbstadt,
Neu-Halbstadt, Muntau, Tiegenhagen, Schönau, Fischau, Lindenau,
Lichtenau, Blumstein, Münsterberg, as far south as Altonau, east
to Juschanlee, Kleefeld, Alexanderkrone, Lichtfelde, Neukirch,
Friedensruh and as far as non-existing Steinfeld/Prangenau, backtrack
and go up to Rückenau and back to Tiegerweide, Rosenort,
Blumenort, Tiege, Ohrloff, and back via Main Road
Bergen, Margaret
Born, Helena
Born, Bill
Braun, Donald
Braun, Johanna
Dueck, Hilda
Enns, Luella
Enns, Peter
Esau, Eunice
Esau, Willis
Friesen, Bob
Friesen, Carol
Goerz, Eckhard
Harder, Don
Harder, Dolores
Heppner, Vivian
Neufeldt, Arnold
Huk, Eugene
Huk, Lois
Janzen, Herta
Janzen, Neil
Klassen, Art
Klassen, Eleanore
Mueller, Berneil
Mueller, Ted
Neudorf, Esther
Neudorf, Frieda
Neudorf, Peter
Neudorf, Reta
Petker, Barbara
Petker, Robert
Quapp, David
Quapp, Mary
Quapp, Roma
Riediger, Margaret
Schroeder, Del
Schroeder, Frances
Unruh, Elaine
Unruh, Lee
Wiebe, Adrienne
Wiebe, Rudy
Wiebe, Tena
Wieler, Anne
Wieler, Bertha
Wiens, Jack
Wiens, Ruth
Willms, Arthur
Molochna North Day
Four
Route: From Tokmak, east to Fürstenau, Schönsee, Liebenau,
Wernersdorf, Hamberg, Klippenfeld, south to Waldheim, west to
Hierschau, Landskrone, Friedensdorf, Gnadenheim, Alexanderwohl,
Fürstenwerder, Rückenau, Tiegerweide and back up to
Molochansk (Halbstadt)
Friesen, Kevin
Friesen, Jane
Friesen-Blank, Carley
Shaum, Melaney
Goertzen, Donald
Goertzen, Wanda
Martynes, Bill
Martynes, Candi
Martynes, Krista
Matthies, Ann
Matthies, Neil
Richert, George
Richert, Pearl
Schmidt, George
Schmidt, Karen
Thieszen, Esther,
Thieszen, Harold
Toews, Jerry
Toews, Leann
Wiens, Ed
Wiens, Anne
Zaporozhye Option
Day Four
To include a visit to Schoenwiese, the Museum of Regional History
(which will include the Molochna Photographic exhibit and the materials
they still have from Khortitsa '99 in the grand room where the '99
exhibit was held, the Makhno room and the nature society room which
documents the Mennonite involvement in environmental concerns at the
turn of the century and an archeological exhibit from pre-Scythian
times). Then the Cossack Museum on Khortitsa Island in the afternoon
after lunch on the ship
Delaplane, Lena
Delaplane, Robert
Fast, Bill
Fast, Margaret
Friesen, Abe
Friesen, Elfrieda
Dyck, Velma
Dyck, David
Dyck, Will
DeFehr, Rick
Schrock, Stan
Heinrichs, Ruth
Hodges, John
Hodges, Susie
Janzen, Erica
Kroeker, Karen
Lepp, James
Lepp, Gayl
Neufeld, Abe
Neufeld, Irene
Neufeld, David
Neumann, Bill
Neumann, Ev
Redekopp, Ed
Redekopp, Brad
Redekopp, Marlene
Redekopp, Erna
Redekopp, Harold
Rempel, Nelly
Skau, Kathryn
Stauffer, Don
Stauffer, Elizabeth
Willms, Arthur
Yoder Neufeld, Tom
Day Five docked in Zaporozhye Sun Oct
10
Molochna Day Five buses
We celebrate the bicentennial of the founding of the Molochna
Settlement with an historic Thanksgiving Service in the 700 seat
theatre in Tokmak. Members from Zaporozhye, Petershagen and
Kherson, representing the newly formed Conference of Mennonites in
Ukraine will join us, along with a tour of Aussiedlers (immigrants from
the former Soviet Republics) from
Germany. West Coast composer, Larry Nickel has been commissioned to
write special music for the occasion
We will then have a festive lunch, dividing up at two Tokmak
restaurants, with futher bicentennial activities in the afternoon.