Gmelinskaya

The daughter colony of Gmelinskaya was named in honor of S. G. Gmelin.  The settlement has always had a mixed population of Russians, Ukrainians, and Germans (all Lutheran).  In 1926, almost 30% of the population was German.

In 1930, the Gmelinskaya Central Collective was organized here.  It serviced 8 collective farms in the area: Stalin, Voroshilov, May 1 (daughter colony of Niedens), Ainigkait (daughter colony of Issenburg), Roter Oktober, Leninsk Veg, Noyes Leben (daughter colony of Trippelsdorf), and Ordzhonikidze.

As of 1940, Johannes Becker and his wife Emma from Neu-Bauer were serving as teachers in Gmelinskaya.

Today, what remains of Gmelinskaya is known as Gmelinka.