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Mapping German settlements in the Imperial Russian Empire.
Following the humans. Recording where they lived.

#GermansFromRussia #Russlanddeutsche #Genealogy #StandWithUkraine

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Germans from Russia Settlement Locations 🇺🇦🌻 @germansfromrussiasettlementlocations.org · Feb 24
Between 1766-1944, Germans lived in over 3,000 places within the borders of Ukraine, in the former imperial empires of Austria, Hungary & Russia. These places, whether or not they still exist, remain in the hearts of the descendants as one our ancestral homelands.

Slava Ukraini!
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A map of Ukraine with blue and yellow pins marking all of the known ancestral German settlements within the border of Ukraine.
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#NoKings
No Kings
What question would you ask your ancestors if you could?
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October 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Weird Relative At Family Reunion Knows How Everyone Related To Each Other
October 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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This past summer I gave the presentation “German Geography of the Russian Empire.” It explored the territorial growth of Imperial Russia & showed its significance to German settlement/migration across the empire in the 18th and 19th centuries. Here is the first in a series of posts from it.
Geography of German Settlement in the Russian Empire
German settlement on the edges of the Russian Empire; Russian territorial gains and German colonization, settlement, migration
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September 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Russian German history doesn’t often cover the history of Jewish agricultural colonies except in relation to Mennonites being model farmers in some of Jewish colonies. It was more complex than that.
Jewish Agricultural Colonies
Jewish agricultural colonies among the German colonies in the Russian Empire
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September 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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More toponym changes in Ukraine were released in June 2025. This is a part of Ukraine’s ongoing de-communization, de-russification & standardization of state language of place names in the country. Because this project is a living document, changes are made to match name changes made by Ukraine.
More Toponym Changes in Ukraine
Google maps with the locations of ethnic German villages in Imperial Russian and Austrian empires settled during years 1763-1940.
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September 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Free SGGEE (Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe) convention coming up August 16-17. Virtual convention.

Presentation details here: 2025sggee.blogspot.com
Registration here: formsmarts.com/form/2f0j
August 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Found a group of Volga Germans in EWZ files yesterday. I've not gone through them in any detaill, but I thought I'd share.

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Volga Germans in EWZ Records
Google maps with the locations of ethnic German villages in Imperial Russian and Austrian empires settled during years 1763-1940.
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July 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Have you ever wondered what the exact words were that ended the special privileges of the German colonists in 1871?

I did.

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49705 When Our Ancestors Became "settlers (former colonists)"
Google maps with the locations of ethnic German villages in Imperial Russian and Austrian empires settled during years 1763-1940.
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June 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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“Whereof what’s past is prologue; what to come, in yours and my discharge.”

No tsars, no emperors, #NoKings
No thrones. No crowns. No kings. A crown with a red X through it.
June 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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“Whereof what’s past is prologue; what to come, in yours and my discharge.”

#NoKings
June 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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On 10 June 1808, German colonists arrived in the Kutschurgan valley. On their 100th anniversary of the colonies, a Russian newspaper in Odessa, the Odessaer Zeitung, published a series of articles about each of 6 Catholic Mother colonies: Baden, Elsass, Kandel, Mannheim, Selz and Strassburg.
The Founding of the Kutschurgan Colonies
On 10 June 1808, German colonists began settling colonies in the Kutschurgan valley.
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June 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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German, Mennonite, Separatist colonies in the Taurida province (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine today) in 1829 among the neighboring Nogai Tatars, Doukhobors, and Malokans.

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Map of the mainland part of the former Russian province of Taurida in 1829. Today this is the Zaporizhia Oblast in Ukraine. Same map translated and annotated noting where the German and Mennonite colonies were located.
June 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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A nice map and a few images of a handful of Volga colonies from a 1911 "Volksfreund Kalender."

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1911 Volksfreund Kalender
Images of buildings in the Volga German colonies.
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May 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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The maps for South Russia and the Black Sea Region have been updated, including noting the former German colonies that are in Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine.

Bonus ethnographic map of Bessarabian, too.
Map Update — South Russia
Google maps with the locations of ethnic German villages in Imperial Russian and Austrian empires settled during years 1763-1940.
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May 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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A Ukrainian embroidered shirt isn’t just clothing — it’s an ancient code stitched in sacred symbols.

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May 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Exhibit: The Art of Making Do.
Repurpose. Reuse. Recycle. German Russian immigrants were already applying today's sustainability principles to crafting in the 1800s.

Nov. 12, 2024–Sep. 30, 2025
North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum

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The Art of Making Do exhibit brochure. Blue background on the left, yellow background on the right. On the right, decorative wrought iron corners are at the top. Top center are two figurines, a man and a woman, dressed in traditional clothing, Ushanka cap, shawl, apron, belted coat, red scarf. Center images are of a couple on their wedding day, circa 1890s. The man is wearing a suit with a flower with very long ribbons flowing down to his waist. The woman is in a dark dress, a cross is hung around her neck, a floral headpiece with a veil. Other center image is a pair of knitted socks with beaded embellishments around the top in a bird and floral motif. Bottom photo is of a cemetery filled with iron crosses typically found of the Dakotas, the stark prairie in the background, blue sky above.
May 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Hello weekend! Time to do some Germans from Russia genealogy research.

Have you checked out the growing list of Surnames with Confirmed Pre-Volga Origins on the The Volga Germans website? Find out where your Volga German ancestors came from.

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May 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Documentary Premiere | Lawrence Welk: A North Dakota Farm Boy

Saturday, May 31, 2025, 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum, East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND, USA

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Contact: Christine McClellan, Communications Manager – cmcclellan@prairiepublic.org Prairie Public to host premiere event for new Lawrence Welk documentary “Lawrence Welk: A North Dakota Farm Boy” will premiere at the North Dakota Heritage Center on May 31. BISMARCK, ND – Prairie Public invites the public to a free premiere event for their new documentary, “Lawrence Welk: A North Dakota Farm Boy.” Born to German-Russian immigrant parents in Strasburg, North Dakota, Lawrence Welk built a strong work ethic and love for music growing up on the family farmstead. After touring the midwest in his 20s, he was scouted by ABC in 1955 to create the iconic "The Lawrence Welk Show," which still runs on public television stations today – including on Prairie Public. "Lawrence Welk has long held a special place in the hearts of public television viewers,” said producer Barbara Gravel. “We're thrilled to highlight his German-Russian heritage and the family homestead in Strasburg, where he was born and raised. It's an honor to share the remarkable story of his life with audiences at a premiere screening in Bismarck." The one-hour documentary will be shown at a premiere event on Saturday, May 31, at 2 p.m. at the North Dakota Heritage Center in Bismarck. Free tickets are available at prairiepublic.org/welk. “Lawrence Welk: A North Dakota Farm Boy” was produced by Prairie Public in partnership with the State Historical Society of North Dakota and Friends of the Welk Homestead. The documentary will air on Prairie Public on Monday, July 14. ### About Prairie Public Prairie Public, a nonprofit public media organization and member station of PBS and NPR, provides content and services utilizing television, radio, and digital platforms. Prairie Public is headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota, and serves the state of North Dakota, northwestern Minnesota, and southern Manitoba. For more information, visit prairiepublic.org.
May 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Catherine II the Great (1729-1796) - Find a Grave...
Russian Monarch. Known as Catherine the Great of Russia, she was born Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst in Stettin, a military town in Prussia. She was brought to Russia in 1744 at…
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May 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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The Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe (SGGEE) has a brand new website. If your German ancestors hail from the former Russian provinces of Volhynia, Podolia, or Kyiv, this is a great place to start your research.

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On the left is a stylized key with the letters SGGEE on it. Text: The Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe. The Key to Your Family Tree.
May 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Many thanks to AHSGR for hosting Treffen Tuesday and making the recordings available for rewatch.
What They Carried: Storytelling Through Objects
YouTube video by AHSGR International
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May 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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The southwest krai was a part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until Poland was partitioned. Today the former region crosses the Ukrainian oblasts of Cherkasy, Khmelnytskyi, Kyiv, Rivne, Vinnytsia, Volyn, Zhytomyr w/ small number in Odesa and Mykolaiv & Transnistria, Moldova.
Southwest Russia - Google My Maps
The Southwestern Krai was also known as the Kiev General Governorate. Historically, it consisted of the provinces of Kiev, Podolia (Podilia) and Volhynia. After the turn of the 20th century, Kholm Pro...
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April 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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The latest map updates have been posted. This focus this time was on the southwest krai and the former provinces of Volhynia, Podolia and Kiev.

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Map Update — Southwest Krai
A few additions to the provinces of the former Southwest Krai.
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April 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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I'll be presenting at the next AHSGR Treffen Tuesday. Register at the link below.

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Treffen Tuesday - American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
What They Carried: Storytelling Through Objects A prayer book. A gold cross. A pair of socks. A sewing basket. A scrap of paper. This session will explore storytelling through the “eyes” of the treasu...
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April 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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AHSGR Convention registration is now open.
AHSGR Convention 2025 - American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
The annual AHSGR Convention includes presentations with important info, updates, news, and changes to continue our German Russian history.
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April 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM