''Der Bote'' ('The Messenger') was a

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published in

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, by

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. ''Der Bote'' was first published 16 January 1924 as ''Der Mennonitische Immigrantenbote'' by Dietrich H. Epp at

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, to serve as a point of contact for German-speaking

Russian Mennonite The Russian Mennonites (german: Russlandmennoniten it. "Russia Mennonites", i.e., Mennonites of or from the Russian Empire occasionally Ukrainian Mennonites) are a group of Mennonites who are descendants of Dutch Anabaptists who settled for a ...

s immigrating to

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after

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. In 1926 the name was shortened to simply ''Der Bote''. Around this time, the size of the paper was increased to 25 by 19 inches from 9½ by 12½. In 1947, ''Der Bote'' merged with ''Christlicher Bundesbote'' and became the weekly paper for the

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. By 1950, circulation was 4500, of which 1000 were distributed in Europe and South America as a service to immigrants. In January 2000 the publication frequency was reduced to 24 times a year and the format reduced to

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. In 2006, it had approximately 2350 subscribers, down from 9000 in the mid 1970s, with circulation in North America,

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and other European countries. On 30 March 2008 the newspaper closed down and ceased publication due to declining readership.

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Russian Mennonite diaspora in Manitoba 1924 establishments in Saskatchewan 2008 disestablishments in Manitoba Defunct newspapers published in Manitoba Religious newspapers published in Canada German-language newspapers published in Canada Newspapers published in Winnipeg Newspapers established in 1924 Publications disestablished in 2008 {{christianity-stub

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