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Michaelstal, Eisk District, Krasnodarsk Krai (North Caucasus)

Michaelstal is a daughter colony of Riebensdorf. It was founded in 1853 [some sources cite 1852).

It was named after Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, the former governor in the Caucasus.

In 1857, the colony consisted of 32 houses and 220 inhabitants of both sexes.

It was renamed to Vorontsovskoye in 1893.

As of 1926, it housed a brick factory, an agricultural cooperative partnership, a secondary school, and a library.

Hardt (Paulskaya-2)

The widow and children of Johann Hardt are recorded on the 1798 census of Paulskaya in Household No. Pl33 under a garbled surname.

These childen are recorded as Hardts on the 1834 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 86.

Heinrich (Kukkus-1)

Widower Georg Heinrich, a wine distiller (Weinbrenner), and his sons (Johannes, age 13; Johann Georg, age 3) are recorded on the 1767 census of Preuss along with a note that they relocated to the colony of Kukkus in 1768. They had settled in Preuss on 16 August 1767.

Son Johannes and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Kukkus in Household No. Kk20.

The 1767 census records that Georg Heinrich came from the German village of Kamberg in the Kurtrier region.