They Have Conquered Part One

Based on actual people and events THEY HAVE CONQUERED is a fictional account of an extended Mennonite family living in turn of the century Southern Russia. All individuals whose full names were used places and events are historically accurate. Part One covers the timespan from 1894 to early 1922. Within that short period the lead character Gerhardt grows into adulthood gets married explores Siberia homesteads along the Caspian Sea shoreline is conscripted into World War One and the Revolution. Along the way his family suffers rejoices and mourns.