Heinrich Löbsack [also Lebsack / Lebsak], son of Johann Friedrich Löbsack & Anna Margaretha Lesser, was born 1 May 1870 in the Volga German colony of Frank. He married there on 20 November 1888 to Maria Katharina Löbsack, daughter of Konrad Löbsack & Margaretha Hoff. She had been born in Frank on 8 February 1868. They had 5 children; among them Amalia Löbsack Galladazhev [see her individual entry].
Amalia Löbsack, daughter of Heinrich Löbsack & Maria Katharina Löbsack, was born 21 May 1891 [some sources record this date as 5 May 1891] in the Volga German colony of Frank.
The first Russian settlement in this area dates back to 1718 when a Russian fort was constructed on the site of an ancient Buddhist monastery.
Volga German families settled in Semipalatinsk even before the 1941 Deportation. In Semipalatinsk, there was a sustantial community of Volga Germans who followed the Seventh Day Adventist faith practice.
The city was known as Semipalatinsk until 2007 when its name was changed to Semey.
Randal Todd Flagler, son of Norris John Flagler & Brenda Shelley Northdurft, was born 21 August 1968 in Overland Park, Kansas. He is an American TV actor [some sources report that he is an Australian actor].
His first television role was in the horror series "FreakyLinks," after which he broke into the crime show world with an episode of "NYPD Blue" in 2002.
Until 1929, Dushanbe was known in Russian as Dyushambe and from 1929 to 1961 as Stalinabad.
Volga German families settled in and around Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, following the 1941 Deportation.
Halifax Airbase, a NATO airforce installation managed by the Canadians, was a major economic contributor to the community of Hügelsheim during the Cold War. The residential area near Halifax Airbase was known as Kleinkanada. The Canadians withdrew from Halifax in 1993, and the Airbase became the airport for the city of Baden-Baden.
Volga German families settled in and around the village of Quehué in the Argentine Province of La Pampa.
Volga German families settled in and around Britton, South Dakota.
Volga German families settled in and around Auckland, New Zealand.
Volga German families settled in and around Taseyevo following the 1941 Deportation.