Jan 01, 2022 · Map of the German Colonies on the Volga River by Alejandro G. Müller. Map showing the movements of Pugachev (1773-1775). Source: unknown. Ethnic Map of the Volga Region (1901). [Germans in Blue] Source: Russia : Full Geographical Description of Our Country (St. Petersburg: A.F. DeVries, 1901): n.6. Courtesy of Steve Schreiber. 1925 Map of Saratov.

By the late nineteenth century, the Volga Germans had evolved into a distinct ethnicity that was as different from their German-speaking cousins back in the Fatherland as they were from their Russian speaking neighbors in Mother Russia. The Volga Germans had in fact adopted many Russian foods, drinks, clothing, loan words, and as discussed earlier, the Mir method of …

Volga River, Russian Volga, ancient (Greek) Ra or (Tatar) Itil or Etil, river of Europe, the continent’s longest, and the principal waterway of western Russia and the historic cradle of the Russian state. Its basin, sprawling across about two-fifths of the European part of Russia, contains almost half of the entire population of the Russian Republic.

The Volga Germans are a unique ethnic group that settled in the lower Volga River region from 1764 to 1767 under a Russian colonization program promoted by Catherine the Great’s government. These colonists retained their native language, religious beliefs, customs and traditions while at the same time being influenced by the land and their neighbors.

Settlements along the Volga. Between 1764 and 1772, 106 colonies were established along the Volga River near Saratov. Historically, these original colonies became known as " Mother Colonies ". Colonists were assigned to settlements according to their religious confession. As the colonies grew, they became overcrowded and farmland was inadequate. Beginning in 1848 a series of " …

The Volga Germans, Russian: поволжские немцы, romanized: povolzhskiye nemtsy are ethnic Germans who settled and historically lived along the Volga River in the region of southeastern European Russia around Saratov and to the south. Recruited as immigrants to Russia in the 18th century, they were allowed to maintain their German culture, language, traditions and churches. …

Moor, A German Village in the Volga Valley of Russia (Irma Waggoner) Village of Moor (Herb Femling) Sources: - Beratz, Gottieb. The German colonies on the Lower Volga, their origin and early development: a memorial for the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first German settlers on the Volga, 29 June 1764. Translated by Adam Giesinger ...