Mennonites
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After immigration to America, many of the early Mennonites split from the main body of North American Mennonites and formed their own separate and distinct churches.
Ammann's followers became known as the Amish Mennonites or just Amish.
As a result of frequently being required to give up possessions in order to retain individual freedoms, Mennonites learned to live very simply.
Between 1874 and 1880 some 16,000 Mennonites of approximately 45,000 left Russia.
By 2015 the majority of Russian Mennonites live in Latin America, while ten thousands live in Germany and Canada.
By the beginning of the 20th century, the Mennonites in Russia owned large agricultural estates and some had become successful as industrial entrepreneurs in the cities, employing wage labor.