Locations
This is a gazetteer of the geographic locations that are important to the history of the Volga Germans worldwide. It is intended to help researchers identify a locale regardless of the names by which it has been known throughout the years.
Most of the settlements in Russia have been known by a variety of names in both the Russian and German languages, and these names have had a variety of spellings throughout the years. Russian uses the Cyrillic alphabet while German uses the Latin alphabet. Translation/transliteration between these two alphabets is further complicated by the fact that today there are at least five primary languages spoken by the Volga Germans and their descendants: German, Russian, English, Spanish, and Portuguese. While the primary language of this website is English, it is hoped that this gazetteer will be useful in all languages.
Names | See |
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Обергольштейн (Original Colonies) | Dinkel |
Обердорф (Daughter Colonies) | Oberdorf |
Обермонж (Original Colonies) | Ober-Monjou |
Обермонжу (Original Colonies) | Ober-Monjou |
Обернберг (Original Colonies) | Jost |
Овражное (Mennonite Colonies) | Lindenau |
Оденкур (Original Colonies) | Brabander |
Оксановка, Астраханский район, Акмолинская область (Kazakhstan) | Oxanovka, Astrakhan District, Zelinograd Region, Kazakhstan |
Октябрьское (Daughter Colonies) | Maienheim |
Октябрьское, Карасукскйи район, Новосибирская область (Russia) | Hoffental, Karasuk District, Novosibirsk Oblast (Siberia) |
Олешня (Original Colonies) | Dietel |
Ольгенфельд, Азовский район, Ростовская область (Russia) | Olgenfeld, Azov District, Rostov Oblast, Russia |
Омск, Омская область (Siberia) (Russia) | Omsk, Omsk Oblast (Siberia) |
Оренбург, Оренбургская область (Russia) | Orenburg, Orenburg Oblast, Russia |
Орлов (Mennonite Colonies) | Orlof |
Орловка, Бакай-Ата району, Таласская область (Kyrgyzstan) | Ak-Döbö, Bakay-Ata District, Talas Region, Kyrgystan |
Орлово, Алтайский край (Siberia) (Russia) | Orlovo, Altai Krai (Siberia) |
Орловская (Original Colonies) | Orlovskaya |
Орловское (Original Colonies) | Orlovskaya |
Осиновка (Original Colonies) | Reinhard |
Осоевка, Венгеровский район, Новосибирская область (Siberia) (Russia) | Osoyevka, Vengerovsk District, Novosibirsk Oblast (Siberia) |
Отроговка (Original Colonies) | Louis |
Отто (Original Colonies) | Dreispitz |
Ошаганды, Осакаровский район, Караганди́нская о́бласть, Казахстан (Kazakhstan) | Krasny Kut, Osakarovsk District, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan |