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
Павловка (Original Colonies) Paulskaya
Павловка, Карасукскйи район, Новосибирская область (Russia) Schöndorf, Karasuk District, Novosibirsk Oblast (Siberia)
Павлодар, Павлодарская область, Казахстан (Kazakhstan) Pavlodar, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan
Палласовка (Daughter Colonies) Neu-Galka
Памятное (Original Colonies) Rothammel
Паневежис (Lithuania) Panevėžys, Lithuania
Паника (Daughter Colonies) Frank Khutor
Панино (Original Colonies) Schönchen
Панинское (Original Colonies) Schönchen
Пановка (Original Colonies) Hildmann
Панцырь (Original Colonies) Balzer
Парафей-Хутор (Original Colonies) Kutter
Паульская (Original Colonies) Paulskaya
Паульское (Original Colonies) Paulskaya
Пенза, Пензенская oбласть (Russia) Penza, Penza Oblast, Russia
Первомайск (Daughter Colonies) Freidorf (Wiesenseite)
Первомайское (Daughter Colonies) Gnadenflur
Первомайское (Daughter Colonies) Neu-Hussenbach
Первомайское (Daughter Colonies) Neu-Zürich (1)
Перевозинка (Daughter Colonies) Neu-Balzer
Переменовка, Бородулихинском районе, Восточно-Казахстанской области Казахстан (Kazakhstan) Peremenovka, Borodulikha District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan
Песковатка (Original Colonies) Kolb
Песчаное (Daughter Colonies) Marienberg
Песчаное, Теренкольский район, Павлодарская область, Казахстан (Kazakhstan) Peschanoe, Terenkol District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan
Петерсгейм (Mennonite Colonies) Rosental (Mennonite)
Петерсон (Original Colonies) Enders
Петерсталь, Ставропольский край (North Caucasus) (Russia) Peterstal, Stavropol Krai (North Caucasus)
Петерфельд, Кызылжарский район, Северо-Казахстанская область, Казахстан (Kazakhstan) Peterfeld, Kyzylzhar District, North Kazakh Region, Kazakhstan
Петропавловка, Шахтёрский район, Донецкая област (Ukraine) Peter-Paul, Shakhtyorsk District, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Пикетна, Пролетарский район, Ростовская область (Russia) Beketny, Proletarsky District, Rostovskaya Oblast
Пионерское (Daughter Colonies) Liebental
Писковатка (Original Colonies) Kolb
Побочная (Original Colonies) Pobochnaya
Пограничное (Daughter Colonies) Neu-Messer
Подлесное (Original Colonies) Meinhard
Подсосново, Алтайский край (Russia) Podsosnovo, Altai Krai (Siberia)
Подстепинский (Daughter Colonies) Neu-Rosenheim
Подстепная (Original Colonies) Rosenheim
Подстепное (Original Colonies) Rosenheim
Покорное, Карагандинская область, Казахстан (Kazakhstan) Pokornoye, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Покровск (Russia) Engels, Saratov Oblast, Russia
Полацк, Віцебская вобласць, Беларусь (Belarus) Polotsk, Vitsebsk Voblast, Belarus
Полгород, Алта́йский край (Russia) Galbstadt, Altai Krai (Siberia)
Полеводино (1) (Daughter Colonies) Polevodino
Полеводино (2) (Daughter Colonies) Neu-Dorf (1)
Полеводинский (Daughter Colonies) Polevodino
Полевской, Полевской район, Свердловская область (Russia) Polevskoy, Polevskoy District, Sverdlovskaya Oblast (Siberia)
Поливановка, Азовский район, Омская область (Siberia) (Russia) Blumenfeld, Azov District, Omsk Oblast (Siberia)
Полоцк, Витебская область, Беларусь (Belarus) Polotsk, Vitsebsk Voblast, Belarus
Полянка (Daughter Colonies) Schönfeld
Поповка (Original Colonies) Kutter
Поповка, Азовский район, Омская область (Siberia) (Russia) Jost, Azov District, Omsk Oblast (Siberia)
Поповкина (Original Colonies) Jost
Портовой (Original Colonies) Boisroux
Поселение № 11 (Daughter Colonies) Alexandertal
Потапов, Волгодонской район, Ростовская область (Russia) Potapov, Volgodonski District, Rostov Oblast
Починная (Original Colonies) Kratzke
Починное (Original Colonies) Kratzke
Починное, Карасукский район, Новосибирская область (Siberia) (Russia) Pochinnoe, Karasuk District, Novosibirsk Oblast (Siberia)
Починный (Original Colonies) Kratzke
Прейс (Original Colonies) Preuss
Прекрасное, Айыртауском районе, Северо-Казахстанской области, Казахстан (Kazakhstan) Prekrasnoye, Aiyrtau District, North Kazakhstan Oblast, Kazakhstan
Привальное (Original Colonies) Warenburg
Привальное, Азовский район, Омская область (Russia) Warenburg, Azov District, Omsk Oblast (Siberia)
Привальное, Омский уезд, Акмолинская область (Russia) Warenburg, Azov District, Omsk Oblast (Siberia)
Приволжское (Original Colonies) Beauregard
Придорожное (Daughter Colonies) Strassendorf
Пробовка (Daughter Colonies) Propp
Прогресс (Daughter Colonies) Streit
Прогресс (North Caucasus) (Russia) Dovsunskaya, Stavropol Krai (North Caucasus)
Прозуменск (Original Colonies) Fischer
Пропп (Daughter Colonies) Propp
Пропп хутор (Daughter Colonies) Propp
Пропповка (Daughter Colonies) Propp
Пушкинo (Daughter Colonies) Urbach (Wiesenseite)
Пфанненштиль (Original Colonies) Mariental
Пфаффенкуттер (Original Colonies) Kutter
Пфейфер (Original Colonies) Pfeifer
Пшеничное (Daughter Colonies) Weizenfeld
Пятков Лог, Волчихинский район, Алта́йский край (Russia) Pyatkov Log, Volchikhinsky District, Altai Krai (Siberia)