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Germans from Russia Historical Geography (view source)
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'''''Odessa.''''' Germans settled near this Black Sea port in Kherson, Ukraine, starting in 1804. In 1872 and 1873 several groups from this area emigrated to Nebraska and the Dakotas in the United States. | '''''Odessa.''''' Germans settled near this Black Sea port in Kherson, Ukraine, starting in 1804. In 1872 and 1873 several groups from this area emigrated to Nebraska and the Dakotas in the United States. | ||
'''''Polish Germans.''''' | '''''Polish Germans.''''' Poland did not exist as an independent nation between the Partitions of the late 1700s through to WW I. There were numerous German settlements throughout the Prussian, Russian and Austrian controlled regions. Roughly 75% of Germans in Volhynia migrated from Russian Poland throughout the 1800s. Although east-central Poland was controlled by Russia, Polish Germans are not considered Germans from Russia. Details about them can be found in the Poland Portal. The vast majority of Russian Poland Germans were Evangelical Lutheran. | ||
'''''Samara Germans.''''' German Mennonites founded settlements north of the city of Samara, Russia between 1854 and 1859. | '''''Samara Germans.''''' German Mennonites founded settlements north of the city of Samara, Russia between 1854 and 1859. | ||
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'''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volga_germans Volga] Germans.''''' Among the earliest and largest German settlements. A largely Catholic group of settlers founded large colonies along both sides of the Volga River north and south of Saratov city in the Saratov and Samara provinces of Russia between 1764 and 1768. After 1874 many Volga Germans emigrated to Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas. Over 150,000 Volga Germans still in Russia died of starvation from 1920 to 1923 following the Russia Civil War. | '''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volga_germans Volga] Germans.''''' Among the earliest and largest German settlements. A largely Catholic group of settlers founded large colonies along both sides of the Volga River north and south of Saratov city in the Saratov and Samara provinces of Russia between 1764 and 1768. After 1874 many Volga Germans emigrated to Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas. Over 150,000 Volga Germans still in Russia died of starvation from 1920 to 1923 following the Russia Civil War. | ||
'''''Volhynian Germans.''''' 1816 saw the first German settlements in eastern Volhynia, Ukraine. Germans who had previously settled in Poland migrated to Lutsk and Rovno in Volhynia in 1831 and 1832. A much larger group of almost entirely Evangelical Lutheran Germans settled in western Volhynia between 1860 and 1875 without the benefits granted earlier German settlers. They rented or bought their land from Polish nobles. In 1897 there were 170,000 Volhynian Germans. Volhynian Germans helped settle Michigan, Wisconsin, and western Canada. | '''''[http://www.sggee.org Volhynian Germans].''''' 1816 saw the first German settlements in eastern Volhynia, Ukraine (then a province of Russia). Germans who had previously settled in Russian Poland migrated to Lutsk and Rovno in Volhynia in 1831 and 1832. A much larger group of almost entirely Evangelical Lutheran Germans settled in western Volhynia between 1860 and 1875 without the benefits granted earlier German settlers. They rented or bought their land from Polish nobles. There were also several Baptist and Moravian Brethren German settlements in eastern Volhynia. In 1897 there were 170,000 Volhynian Germans. Volhynian Germans helped settle Michigan, Wisconsin, and western Canada but were also scattered in other areas as well. | ||
'''''Zipser Germans''''' settled near the Carpathian mountains in northern Hungary in the 12th Century. They are not Germans from Russia. | '''''Zipser Germans''''' settled near the Carpathian mountains in northern Hungary in the 12th Century. They are not Germans from Russia. | ||