Molla Elli (Adschi-A-ul) *

Excerpted from the article, “German Farmers in the Crimea during the period 1806-1941”By Theodore Eisenbraun

Translated by Armand and Elaine Bauer
Printed in the Heritage Review

This was a true German village of only Evangelical Lutherans.  The people came from the Mother colonies of Friedental and Kronental (Bulganak).  The land ownership consisted of two possessions: Adschi-A-ul the larger and Molla-Elli the smaller.  That is why in the first years the name Adschi-A-ul (Adschaul) was used more often than Molli-Elli.  The village lay, however, on the smaller possession.  That is why the official name was Molla-Elli.  On the southern end of the village in the deep valley that ran over Jusler, Taschly-Da-ir to Teschly-Konrat, lay the community well that had a lot of good drinking water.  From here the water had to be hauled in small casks up the small hill to the water-barrel that stood in front of each house.

Most of the founders of the village were dead by 1915.  Their sons divided their fathers land equally and each had his own yard.  At this time the following farmers occupied the land:  Theobald Weiss, Friederich Zeissler, Robert Weiss, Theobald Weiss, Andreas Gross, Johannes Guenthner, Sebastian Zeissler, Karl Guenthner, Johannes Weiss, and another Theobald Weiss.  The three indentially names Theobald Weiss’ were indentified with their fathers name after the Russian custom.  The first was Petrowitsch, the second Robertowitsch, and the third Ivanowitsch.  Robert Weiss held the District Office of Justice of the Peace for three years.

*Founded 1882  (Translators)