“The Immigration of German Colonies to Denmark and Their Subsequent ... While the tale of these so-called “Volga Germans” is well known particularly to their descendants - and there are ...

However, in 1942, a year after Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union and the Volga Germans were deported ... and put together an interactive map that lists old place names dating back to the ...

Hundreds of German colonies and villages eventually sprang up on both sides of the lower Volga region in Russia. Initially, very few of the German settlers learned the Russian language.