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Established between 1764-1766, a cluster of nine colonies populated by Germans of the Lutheran faith were established by the Russian government on the west side of the lower Volga River. Among the 104 original colonies founded between 1764 and 1767, this group included both the first and last of the colonies established. The Lower Volga villages are Dobrinka, Dubovka, Dreispitz, Galka, Holstein, Kraft, Mueller, Shcherbakovka, Schwab and Stephan.
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Norka a German colony in Russia
History, culture and research of the Volga Germans who settled in the colony Norka, Russia.
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Saratov, Russia was the primary city within the Volga German colonies of Russia.
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SUSANNENTAL a German/Russian Volga Village
A village organization web site for Susannental or Winkelmann as it was sometimes known located on the east side of the Volga River north of present day Saratov. SCHMIDT, WEGNER, WERNER, WASMUTH, LEHMAN, KOBER, RUNK, LOEBER, HERGETT, KORBMACHER, etc.
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Volga Russian Germans.
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Dobrinka, Russia, the mother colony, was the first village in the area, founded on 29 June 1764 by 353 Lutherans from several countries.
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Orginial settlers and description of the Village of Frank, Russia.
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Schilling, Russia, the mother colony, was a village founded on August 14, 1764 by 429 Lutherans from various areas in present day Germany and other European nations.
