Bern
Bern was founded along the banks of the Malenkiy Karaman (Little Karaman) River by colonists who were recruited by Baron Caneau de Beauregard.
The 1767 census does not include a list of the original colonists in Bern as they were residing in other colonies at that time.
Because of poor soil conditions in the area, all of the colonies that were located in this area along the upper Malenkiy Karaman River were relocated in 1770. Bern was dissolved and its inhabitants absorbed into the other colonies that were relocated at the time: Basel, Bettinger, Biberstein, Schönchen, Schaffhausen, Wittmann, Zug, and Zürich.
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Year
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Households
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Population
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Total
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Male
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Female
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| 1767 |
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| 1769 |
36
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112
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59
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53
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- Orlov, Gregorii. Report of Conditions of Settlements on the Volga to Catherine II, 14 February 1769.
- Reith, Andreas. История поволжской Родины моих предков Райт материнской колонии Цюрих: 5. (Online - in Russian).
Map redrawn from one that was created in 1764. It shows the original location planned for the colony of Bern (No. 65) on the banks of the Malenkiy Karaman (Little Karaman) River, across from where the village of Karaman is located today.
Source: Andreas Reith.
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