The congregation in Moor was originally part of the Reformed parish headquartered in Messer. A wooden church was constructed in 1856. Some of the residents were Baptists.
Moor was founded on 1 July 1766 by the Government as a Reformed colony 65 kilometers southwest of Saratov. It was named after the leader of the founding group. The 64 founding families came from the Palatinate, Isenburg, and Hesse.
In 1855, many colonists from Moor resettled to the daughter colony of Gnadenfeld .
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
70
|
240
|
|
|
| 1769 |
64
|
251
|
137
|
114
|
| 1773 |
61
|
276
|
149
|
127
|
| 1788 |
62
|
420
|
218
|
202
|
| 1798 |
70
|
510
|
271
|
239
|
| 1816 |
92
|
866
|
446
|
420
|
| 1834 |
165
|
1,513
|
741
|
772
|
| 1850 |
178
|
2,181
|
1,064
|
1,117
|
| 1857 |
221
|
2,527
|
1,271
|
1,256
|
| 1859 |
240
|
2,653
|
1,356
|
1,297
|
| 1886 |
399
|
3,069
|
1,554
|
1,515
|
| 1891 |
353
|
4,022
|
2,065
|
1,957
|
| 1894 |
381
|
4,154
|
2,116
|
2,038
|
| 1897 |
|
3,109*
|
1,564
|
1,545
|
| 1905 |
|
5,370
|
|
|
| 1910 |
|
5,557
|
|
|
| 1912 |
|
5,710
|
|
|
| 1920 |
619
|
4,822
|
|
|
| 1922 |
|
3,599
|
|
|
| 1923 |
|
3,333
|
|
|
| 1926** |
612
|
3,719
|
1,821
|
1,898
|
| 1931 |
|
3,842***
|
|
|
*Of whom 3,103 were German.
**Of whom 3,716 were German (610 households: 1,819 male & 1,897 female).
***Of whom 3,836 were German.
Lutheran and Baptist
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Moor (wolgadeutsche.net) - in Russian
Village of Moor (Herb Femling)