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Druzhba, Almatinskya Region, Kazakhstan

Druzhba is located only a few kilometers from the Chinese border with Kazakhstan.  It was officially founded in 1956 with the arrival of the railroad to this region. There were, however, Volga Germans sent there as part of Stalin's anti-kulak programs in the 1930s.  Most of the Volga Germans living in Druzhba immigrated to Germany in the 1990s.

Today, Druzhba is known as Dostyk.

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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.

Khortitza, Nizhnyeomski District, Omsk Oblast (Siberia)

Khortitza [Chortitza / Chortiza in German] was founded in 1910 when land was allocated for the resettlement of farmers from the European region of Russia. Many were Mennonites.  In 1913, the first school opened in Khortitza. In 1931, the collective farm named "Landmann" was organized.  It was renamed "Telmann" in 1950.

Volga Germans were resettled there as part of the 1941 Deportation.