Schilling was part of the Beideck parish during the early years. A wooden church was constructed in 1883. In approximately 1999, the remains of this structure were dismantled and the wood used for other buildings in the village.
The Lutheran colony of Schilling was founded by 96 families from the Palatinate and Alsace on 14 August 1764. They had been recruited by the Government. By decree on 26 February 1768, the colony received the Russian name of Sosnovka.
In 1859, 128 colonists moved to the daughter colony of Neu-Beideck along the banks of the Jeruslan River. They were joined in 1881 by another 48 colonists.
Schilling was a port colony, with large commercial cargo and passenger docks capable of handling 700 thousand tons of cargo per year. The port in Schilling received shipment of relief supplies during the 1921 Famine to the colonies on the Bergseite.
From 19-22 September 1917, the Second Congress of the Volga Germans was held in Schilling. Soviet Communist Party leader H.A. Luft (1899-1937) was born in Schilling. Physician and anthropologist P.K. Haller (1858-1920) and writer P. Sinner (1879-?) were also born in Schilling.
Immigration from Schilling to American began in 1874 and continued through 1878. Immigration resumed from 1881 to 1886.
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1769 |
96
|
404
|
199
|
205
|
| 1773 |
95
|
429
|
215
|
214
|
| 1788 |
91
|
532
|
271
|
261
|
| 1798 |
94
|
626
|
312
|
314
|
| 1816 |
118
|
851
|
436
|
415
|
| 1834 |
180
|
1,295
|
676
|
619
|
| 1850 |
174
|
1,839
|
965
|
874
|
| 1857 |
200
|
1,966
|
1,034
|
932
|
| 1859 |
170
|
1,992
|
1,046
|
946
|
| 1886 |
283
|
2,098
|
1,080
|
1,018
|
| 1891 |
270
|
2,686
|
1,325
|
1,361
|
| 1894 |
303
|
2,588
|
1,288
|
1,300
|
| 1897 |
|
3,245*
|
1,278
|
1,967
|
| 1904 |
|
3,068
|
|
|
| 1910 |
|
3,388
|
|
|
| 1912 |
|
3,564
|
|
|
| 1920 |
530**
|
3,076
|
|
|
| 1922 |
|
2,801
|
|
|
| 1923 |
|
2,674
|
|
|
| 1926*** |
598
|
3,210
|
1,563
|
1,647
|
| 1931 |
|
3,411****
|
|
|
*Of whom 3,175 were German.
**Of which 513 households were German.
***Of whom 3,088 were German (542 households: 1,490 male & 1,598 female).
****Of whom 3,380 were German.
Lutheran
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Schilling (Wolgadeutsche.net)
Village of Schilling (Gary Martens)