[PDF.28rh] The Volga Germans: In Russia and the Americas, from 1763 to the Present

The Volga Germans: In Russia and the Americas, from 1763 to the Present

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 | #960359 in Books |  1999-01-11 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.97 x6.00l,1.33 | File type: PDF | 388 pages

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||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Interested in Russian German Heritage? Read about Volga Germans, Emigrating First to Russia Thence to America|By Travis C|As a youth growing up, even until I reached 37 years of age, my mother was convinced she was German. Then, after her own mother died two days previously, my mother learned, on her last night on Earth, that her mother actually was born in Russia. Mom died una|About the Author||Fred C. Koch, who came to the U.S.A. from the Volga German colony of Kolb at the age of five, has spent his entire career on newspapers in the State of Washington: in Wenatchee, Cashmere, Spokane, and Seattle. During World War II he served with

Catherine the Great recruited thousands of colonists “to populate her lower Volga River frontier with dependable permanent settlers who not only would bring stability to this lawless, underdeveloped, and uncharted region, but also would reclaim the vast wasteland there”—an area larger than the state of Maryland. This recruitment program ended in 1766, after drawing a majority of the colonists (about 30,000) from west central Germany, particularly the...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Volga Germans: In Russia and the Americas, from 1763 to the Present   |  Fred C. Koch. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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