Skip to main content

Nem-Potapov, Volgodonski District, Rostov Oblast

Includes the following communities
Chutor Potapow, Wolgodonskij District, Rostow Gebiet
Deutsch-Potapowsk, Wolgodonskij District, Rostow Gebiet
German Potapov, Volgodonski District, Rostovskaya Oblast
Khutor Potapov, Volgodonski District, Rostovskaya Oblast
Nem-Potapovka, Volgodonski District, Rostovskaya Oblast
Nem-Potapowka, Wolgodonskij District, Rostow Gebiet
Peter-Paul, Volgodonski District, Rostovskaya Oblast
Potapov, Volgodonski District, Rostovskaya Oblast
Potapow, Wolgodonskij District, Rostow Gebiet
Дейч-Потаповск, Волгодонской район, Ростовская область
Потапов, Волгодонской район, Ростовская область
Хутор Потапов, Волгодонской район, Ростовская область
History

Volga German families moved from the Volga River Valley to the Don River Valley in search of additional farm land.

The village of German Potapov (German: Deutsche Potapow) was founded in 1895 by colonists relocating from the village of Salfeld.

All ethnic Germans were deported from Potapov to the east in 1941 following the invasion of the Nazi Army.

Population:

Year
Households
Population
Total
Male
Female
1897   497*
 
 
1905
 
 680
 
 
1915
 
 1,230
 
 
1920   1,062
 
 
1926
 
 1,003**
 
 
1941   1,200    

*Of whom 486 were German.
**Of whom 993 were German.

Volga German Congregations

Potapov was founded by Lutheran Germans relocating from the Volga German colonies. The parishners there were served by the Lutheran parish in Taganrog.

External Links

- Потапов (Волгодонской район) (Russian Wikipedia)

The following Volga German families settled in and around Potapov:
Amend
from
Frank
Bast
Becker
Bleichroth
from
Grimm
Bretthauer
from
Walter
Dell
Eckhardt
from
Kraft
Fritz
Ganz
from
Morgentau
Gillig
from
Erlenbach
Göttmann
from
Frank
Heimböchner
from
Frank
Hein
from
Frank
Helmut
Hildermann
Hill
from
Walter
Hirsch
from
Frank
Hoock
from
Frank
Hoock
from
Kraft
Kraft
from
Morgentau
Leichler
Neb
from
Kraft
Nuß
Ruppel
Schenk
from
Neu-Galka
Schreiner
from
Kraft
Schultheis
from
Kraft
Schwan
from
Gnadentau
Schwind
Sichwardt
Stefan
from
Darmstadt
Stier
Störz
from
Kraft
Strasheim
from
Frank
Völker
from
Kraft
Wajand
Werner
Widerspahn
from
Walter
Will
Wunder

Colonies

47.2013, 41.6975

Volga Colonies

Migrated From