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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
Varenburg see Warenburg
Vasilevka see Basel
Vasilievka see Basel
Verchnjaja Grjaznucha see Kraft
Verchnjaja Kulalinka see Holstein
Verkhnaya Dobrinka see Dreispitz
Verkhnaya Grasnukha see Kraft
Verkhnaya Kulalinka see Holstein
Verkhnaya Ples see Isenburg
Verkhnaya Vodyanka see Trippelsdorf
Verkhnaya Yeruslan see Langenfeld
Verkhniy Yeruslan see Gnadentau
Verkhnoye see Sewald
Verkhnyaya Dobrinka see Dreispitz
Verkhnyaya Gryaznukha see Kraft
Verkhnyaya Kulalinka see Holstein
Verkhovka see Sewald
Verkhovye see Sewald
Vershinka see Kautz
Veselovka see Unterdorf
Vesëlovo see Unterdorf
Vodnobuyerachnoe see Stephan
Vodnobuyerachnoye see Stephan
Vodyanoi Buyerak see Stephan
Volkovo see Schaffhausen
Vollmar see Volmer
Vollmer see Volmer
Vollmer Lugowoj see Volmer
Volmar see Volmer
Volmer
Volskaya see Kukkus
Volskoye see Kukkus
Vorontzovka see Alt-Weimar
Vorotaevka see Bettinger
Vysokoye see Dönhof
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).