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The Volga Germans (German: Wolgadeutsche, pronounced [ˈvɔlɡaˌdɔʏtʃə] ⓘ; Russian: поволжские немцы, romanized: povolzhskiye nemtsy) are ethnic Germans who settled and historically lived along the Volga River in the region of southeastern European Russia around Saratov and close to Ukraine nearer to the south.
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Primary areas of settlement were in the Great Plains since it resembled the flat terrain of the Russian steppes. In addition, the upper Great Plains still had arable land available for free settlement under the Homestead Act. In the 2000 Census, North Dakota reported 43.9% of the population identified as having German ancestry. [3]
The German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 marked the end of the Volga German ASSR. On 28 August 1941, the republic was formally abolished and, out of fear they could act as German collaborators, all Volga Germans were exiled to the Kazakh SSR, Altai and Siberia. [4] Many were interned in labor camps merely due to their heritage. [2]
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4.1 Location map templates. 4.2 Creating new map definitions. Toggle the table of contents. Module: Location map/data/Russia Volga Federal District. 6 languages.
1598: Failed French settlement on Sable Island off Nova Scotia. 1598: Spanish settlement in Northern New Mexico. 1600: By 1600 Spain and Portugal were still the only significant colonial powers. North of Mexico the only settlements were Saint Augustine and the isolated outpost in northern New Mexico.
The German name of the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary. [32] Caroline County: Virginia: Named after Caroline of Ansbach. Cassel: Wisconsin: Named after Kassel, Germany. Catherine: Kansas: Named after the Volga German town of Katharinenstadt. [33] Charlotte: North Carolina: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, of the ruling family of a duchy in ...