Volga
German Russia 2005 - By David & Jana Denning
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Timeline
of Volga Germans in Russia
Denning & Dreiling Families
1763
Catherine the Great issues manifestos inviting
Germans & other Europeans to settle in Russia
along the Volga River
1766
Martin Denning & Frank Dreiling families
settle in Louis, Russia
1788
Both families move to Herzog, Russia
1871
Imperial Russian government issues decree
repealing manifestos of Catherine the Great
1876
Michae Denning & Michael Dreiling families
immigrate to the United States via the SS Mosel
ship
1941
All 300,00 Volga Germans were loaded on trains
& shipped to northeast Russia and Siberia
to work in forced labor camps
1953
German POWs were released
1956
Volga German Russian citizens were released
from labor camps and given passports that allowed
them to stay only 3 days in any one location
-- Final
Thoughts -- Because
of the risks & decision our ancestors made
by coming to the United States our lives are significantly
better than what they would have been in Russia.
Lenin statute
in Saratov, Russia (previous capitol of Volga German
Federation
