VGI Updates

Volga German families returning to Germany have settled in the German town of Lage following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990.

Volga German families settled in and around Meili-sai, Kyrgystan.

Shymkent was founded in the twelfth century to protect the town of Sayram which was located on the Silk Road. Today it is located near the border of Uzbekistan.

It was renamed to Chernyaev in 1914 and back to Shymkent in 1924.

Volga German families settled in and around Shymkent following the 1956 release from the Special Settlements which had been set up following the 1941 Deportation.

Volga German families settled in and around Ust-Kamenogorsk in Eastern Kazakhstan.

Volga German families settled in and around Mannville, Alberta.

Volga German families settled in and around Pullman, Washington.

Volga German families settled in and around Brunswick, Georgia.

Volga German families settled in and around Madisonville, Kentucky.

Volga German families settled in and around Owensboro, Kentucky.

Volga German families settled in and around Fulton, Missouri.