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Saratovka [Saratowka in German] was founded in 1906 by Lutheran colonists from the Volga Region.

Vladimirovka [Wladimirowka in German] was founded in 1909 by Russians. Volga German families also settled in Vladimirovka.

Even though it is located among the Volga German colonies, Voznesenka [Wosnesenka in German] was apparently not a Volga German colony. But over the years Volga German families settled there.

Nikolaevka was founded in 1907 (other sources record 1906) by first the Kaznacheyev brothers who were followed by the Nikolaev brothers after whom the village was named. Germans from both Ukraine and the Volga Region also settled in the village.

Volga Germans from the Samara Province who had founded the neighboring village of Maryanovka in 1907 later relocated to Nikolaevka.

Today, Nikolayevka is located in the German National [Cultural] District with its administrative center in the nearby village of Halbstadt.

Volga German families settled in and around Samarka in Kazakhstan.

Volga German families settled in and around Washburn, North Dakota.

From 1889-1891, a number families from Balzer, Dönhof, and Kutter resettled to the village of Podsosnovo. It is considered to be the oldest German village in the Altai Region.

Today, Podsosnovo is located in the German National [Cultural] District in Altai Krai.

Peterstal was founded in 1903 on the right bank of the Kuma River. Volga German colonists also settled there.

Peterstal was known by the Russian name of Mezentsevo, but today is called Selivanovka. Today, Selivanovka serves as the administrative center for the municipality that includes the former village of Ruhental which was located immediately north of Peterstal.

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Ruhental was founded in 1866 by German settlers relocating from the colony of Riebensdorf (which had been settled at the same time as the Volga German colonies). Volga German colonists also settled there. Ruhental's Russian name was Radkovka.

The colony of Peterstal was founded in 1903 just south of Ruhental.

Today, Ruhental (Radkovka) has been administratively merged with neighboring Peterstal and is called Selivanovka.

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Volga German families settled in and around Wels in Austria.