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
Файфер (Original Colonies) Pfeifer
Фаненштиль (Original Colonies) Mariental
Федоровка (Daughter Colonies) Fritzendorf
Филипповка (Original Colonies) Philippsfeld
Филиппсфельд (Original Colonies) Philippsfeld
Финк (Mennonite Colonies) Köppental (am Mius)
Финк (1) (Daughter Colonies) Finkenheim
Финк (2) (Daughter Colonies) Fink (2)
Финк (4) (Daughter Colonies) Fink (4)
Финк (5) (Daughter Colonies) Neu-Dorf (1)
Финкенгейм (Daughter Colonies) Finkenheim
Финковы (Daughter Colonies) Finkenheim
Фишер (Original Colonies) Fischer
Флорское (Daughter Colonies) Gnadenflur
Фольмар (Original Colonies) Volmer
Фольмер (Original Colonies) Volmer
Фрайхайт (Daughter Colonies) Freidorf (Wiesenseite)
Франк (Original Colonies) Frank
Франк Xутор (Daughter Colonies) Frank Khutor
Франкер-Хутор (Daughter Colonies) Frank Khutor
Франкрейх (Daughter Colonies) Frankreich
Франценгейм (Daughter Colonies) Franzenheim
Францозен (Original Colonies) Franzosen
Французы (Original Colonies) Franzosen
Фрезенгейм (Mennonite Colonies) Fresenheim
Фрезенталь (Daughter Colonies) Fresental
Фрейденталь (2) (Daughter ColoniesRussia) Friedental (2)
Фрейдорф (Bergseite) (Daughter Colonies) Freidorf (Bergseite)
Фрейдорф (Wiesenseite) (Daughter Colonies) Freidorf (Wiesenseite)
Фриденберг (Daughter Colonies) Friedenberg
Фриденгейм (Mennonite Colonies) Friedenheim
Фриденсталь, Азовский район, Омская область (Siberia) (Russia) Friedenstal, Azov District, Omsk Oblast (Siberia)
Фриденталь (1) (Daughter Colonies) Friedental (1)
Фриденталь (2) (Daughter Colonies) Neu-Straub (2)
Фриденталь (3) (Daughter Colonies) Friedental (3)
Фриденталь, Табунский район, Алтайский край (Siberia) (Russia) Friedental, Tabun District, Altai Krai (Siberia)
Фриденфельд (1) (Daughter Colonies) Friedenfeld (1)
Фриденфельд (2) (Daughter Colonies) Neu-Straub (2)
Фридрихсфельд, Ставропольский край (Russia) Friedrichsfeld, Stavropol Krai (North Caucasus)
Фритцендорф (Daughter Colonies) Fritzendorf
Фриц (Daughter Colonies) Fritzendorf
Фрицен-Хутор (Daughter Colonies) Fritzendorf
Фурмановка (Original Colonies) Urbach
Фурмановка, Мойынкумский район, Жамбылская область (Kazakhstan) Furmanovka, Moinkumskaya District, Zhambyl Region, Kazakhstan
Фюрстендорф, Ставропольский край (Russia) Rozhdestvenskaya, Stavropol Krai (North Caucasus)