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*The vast majority of these Germans were '''Protestant Lutherans''' (in Europe they were referred to as Evangelicals). Limited numbers of '''Mennonites from the lower Vistula River region''' settled in the south part of Volhynia. '''Baptists and Moravian Brethren''' settled mostly northwest of Zhitomir. | *The vast majority of these Germans were '''Protestant Lutherans''' (in Europe they were referred to as Evangelicals). Limited numbers of '''Mennonites from the lower Vistula River region''' settled in the south part of Volhynia. '''Baptists and Moravian Brethren''' settled mostly northwest of Zhitomir. | ||
*Another major difference between the Germans here and in other parts of Russia is that the other Germans tended to settle in larger communities. The Germans in Volhynia were '''scattered about in over 1400 villages'''. Though the population peaked in 1900, many Germans had already begun leaving Volhynia in the late 1880s for North and South America. | *Another major difference between the Germans here and in other parts of Russia is that the other Germans tended to settle in larger communities. The Germans in Volhynia were '''scattered about in over 1400 villages'''. Though the population peaked in 1900, many Germans had already begun leaving Volhynia in the late 1880s for North and South America. | ||
*Between 1911 and 1915, a '''small group of Volhynian German farmers''' (36 families - more than 200 people) chose to move to '''Eastern Siberia''', making use of the resettlement subsidies of the government's Stolypin reform of 1906–1911. They settled in three villages '''(Pikhtinsk, Sredne-Pikhtinsk, and Dagnik)''' in what is today Zalarinsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, where they became known as the "Bug Hollanders". Their descendants, many with German surnames, continue to live in the district into the 21st century.<ref name="history/ | *Between 1911 and 1915, a '''small group of Volhynian German farmers''' (36 families - more than 200 people) chose to move to '''Eastern Siberia''', making use of the resettlement subsidies of the government's Stolypin reform of 1906–1911. They settled in three villages '''(Pikhtinsk, Sredne-Pikhtinsk, and Dagnik)''' in what is today Zalarinsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, where they became known as the "Bug Hollanders". Their descendants, many with German surnames, continue to live in the district into the 21st century.<ref name="history"/> | ||
==Emigration From Ukraine== | ==Emigration From Ukraine== | ||