Nikolaus Reich served in Napoleon's army and fought against the Russians. He was captured by the Russians, and in 1812, was settled in the Volga German colony of Louis.
The parish register of Mariental records on 18 January 1815 the marriage in Louis of Nikolaus Reich from Germany to Katharina Peter, widow of Johannes Peter, from Louis.
Nikolaus Reich and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Louis in Household No. 12.
- 1834 Louis Census (Household No. 12).
- Belousov, S.V. "Prisoners of war of Napoleon's army in the Volga region: the arrangement, content, relationships with the local population." Bulletin of the Samara State University, No. 1 (Samara, Russia: Samara State University, 2006): 48-55.
- Parish register of Mariental.
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