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*According to the first census of the Russian Empire in 1897, about 1.8 million respondents reported German as their mother tongue. | *According to the first census of the Russian Empire in 1897, about 1.8 million respondents reported German as their mother tongue. | ||
*In 1941, Joseph Stalin ordered all inhabitants with a German father to be deported, mostly to '''Siberia or Kazakhstan'''. | *In 1941, Joseph Stalin ordered all inhabitants with a German father to be deported, mostly to '''Siberia or Kazakhstan'''. | ||
===Germans in the Russian | ===Germans in the Russian Empir<ref>"History of Germans in Russia, Ukraine and the Soviet Union", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Germans_in_Russia,_Ukraine_and_the_Soviet_Union, accessed 10 June 2021, </ref>=== | ||
The earliest German settlement in Moscow dates to 1505-1533. A handful of German and Dutch craftsmen and traders were allowed to settle in Moscow's German Quarter, as they provided essential technical skills in the capital. Gradually, this policy extended to a few other major cities. In 1682, Moscow had about 200,000 citizens; some 18,000 were classified as Nemtsy, which means either "German" or "western foreigner". | The earliest German settlement in Moscow dates to 1505-1533. A handful of German and Dutch craftsmen and traders were allowed to settle in Moscow's German Quarter, as they provided essential technical skills in the capital. Gradually, this policy extended to a few other major cities. In 1682, Moscow had about 200,000 citizens; some 18,000 were classified as Nemtsy, which means either "German" or "western foreigner". | ||
====Vistula Germans (Russian Poland)==== | ====Vistula Germans (Russian Poland)==== | ||