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Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Includes the following communities
Tashkent
Ташкент
History

Tashkent is the largest city and capital of Uzbekistan.  Many Volga German families who had been deported to Siberia and Kazakhstan in the 1941 deportation resettled to Tashkent following the release of the "special settlements" in 1956.

Surnames
Vol(l)e(r)t / Wol(l)e(r)t
Volga German Families

The following Volga German families are known to have settled in and around Tashkent:

Arndt
Fries from Hussenbach
Lehmann
Stehle
Vollert from Dreispitz
Wasmuth from Dobrinka

Volga Colonies
Dobrinka
Dreispitz
Hussenbach
External Links

- Tashkent (Wikipedia)

41.266667, 69.216667

Volga Colonies

Hussenbach
50.886667, 44.83
Dreispitz
50.366667, 45.66
Dobrinka
50.312471, 45.704846

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