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This is a gazetteer of the Volga German colonies (Mother and Daughter) as well as other geographical locations significant to the history of the Volga Germans. Over the centuries, the German colonies along the Volga River have been known by a variety of names in both Russian and German. Not only did colonies often have both a German and a Russian name, but there are various forms of translations and transliterations that can be used among Russian, German, and English. Once the colonists arrived in North or South America, another set of spellings often came into use. This gazetteer was assembled to aid in identifying a colony by the variety of names by which it was known and to identify the standardized names used throughout this website. The main entries are listed in bold face type. In alphabetizing the entries of this gazetteer, the German umlaut has been ignored.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z | А | В | Д | Н | Р | С | У | Ш
Maienheim
Makarovka see Merkel
Makarowka see Merkel
Mannheim
Marienberg
Marienburg
Marienfeld
Mariental
Marienthal see Mariental
Marijinskoje see Zug
Marino see Neu-Mariental
Marinovka see Mannheim
Marks see Katharinenstadt
Markstadt see Katharinenstadt
Martiazhka see Sichelberg
Martiazhka see Sichelberg
Martijeschka see Sichelberg
Martijeschka see Sichelberg
Martiyeshka see Sichelberg
Martiyeshka see Sichelberg
Martsy see Rosendamm
Martzovo see Rosendamm
Marünskoje see Zug
Marx see Katharinenstadt
Marxstadt see Katharinenstadt
Marzovo see Rosendamm
Medeveditskii Krestovyi Buyerak see Frank
Medveditsa see Frank
Medveditzkoi Krestovoi Buyerak see Frank Khutor
Medveditzkoi Krestovoi Buyerak see Frank
Medvyeditza see Frank
Medwedizki Krestowoi Bujerak see Frank
Meierhöfer see Galka
Meinhard
Meinhardt see Meinhard
Merkel
Messer
Michaelis see Schaffhausen
Michailowka see Luzern
Mikhailovka see Luzern
Mirnoye see Friedenberg
Mitteldorf
Mohr see Moor
Mokrous see Schönfeld
Moor see Gnadenfeld
Moor
Morgentau
Mortsy see Rosendamm
Mueller see Müller
Mühlberg see Shcherbakovka
Müller
Gazetteer Bibliography:
  • Beratz, Gottlieb. The German Colonies on the Lower Volga: Their Origin and Early Development (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1991).
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia, English ed. (New York: Macmillan, 1973).
  • Leibbrandt, Georg. Die deutschen Siedlungen in der Sowjetunion – Teil 5: Deutsche Wolgarepublik (Berlin: E. Meynen, 1941).
  • Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 1-4 (Göttingen: Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2008).
  • Pleve, Igor R. The German Colonies on the Volga: The Second Half of the Eighteenth Century (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 2001).
  • Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlements in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974). - Schmidt, D. Studien über die Geschichte der Wolgadeutschen - Erster Teil (Moscow: Zentral-Völker-Verlag, 1929).
  • Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen – Evangelischer Teil (Stuttgart: AER Verlag Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Rußland, 1978).
  • Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen –Katholischer Teil (Stuttgart: Selbstverlag Joseph Schnurr, 1980).
  • Stumpp, Karl. The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763-1862 (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1982).