Friedental (2)

Names: 
Biryuchiy Khutor
Birjutschi Khutor
Бирючий
Friedental (2)
Фрейденталь (2)
Бирючий-Орловский
Biryuchiy-Orlovskaya
History: 

Biryuchiy was a khutor (farmstead) founded in 1871.

Before 1917 there was a Bethaus (church/school building), a school, and two windmills in the colony.

Today, nothing exists of this former Volga German colony.

Surnames

Alberg
Axt
Bäcker
Bär
Batzel
Bauer
Berger
Billing
Bippert
Bock
Bornemann
Brotzmann
Ditte
Dortmann
Eifert
Erfurt
Ermisch
Feldbusch
Freund
Geier
Gerlinger
Götz
Gräfe
Gulau
Günter
Hahn
Hanke
Heinrich
Herlinger
Hertje
Holzer
Jede
Keil
Keilmann
Krüger
Lebert
Lehmann
Lepert
Lider
Limpert
Löber
Löbert
Meier
Meinhardt
Müller
Otto
Pfeifer
Reinhardt
Reusch
Riemer
Roth
Schäfer
Schmidt
Schneider
Scholl
Schwarz
Ungefug
Urbach
Vogel
Wasem
Welker
Werwein
Winterholler
Wolf
Ziegler / Zügler
Zorn

Church: 

Founded by Lutheran colonists. Before 1917, there was a Bethaus (combination church/school) building in the colony. The congregation in Biryuchiy belonged to the parish headquartered in Gnadenflur.

Population: 
Year
Households
Population
Total
Male
Female
1889
25
175
91
84
1900
25
367
194
173
1910
28
346
186
160
1920
67*
601    
1922
 
560
 
 
1926** 92 611 310 301
1931   178***
 
 

*Of which 64 were German.
**Of whom 607 (309 men; 298 women) were German living in 92 households.
***Of whom 167 German.