Volga German families settled in Gundelsheim following the 1990 collapse of the Soviet Union. It is located on the right bank of the Neckar River, about 17 kilometers northwest of Heilbronn.
Philipp Müller (born about 1754) and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Kutter in Household No. Kt39.
The death of Philipp Müller in 1834 is recorded on the 1834 census of Kutter in Household No. 86.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Müller family among the Volga German colonies.
The village of Eigenfeld was founded in 1868 two kilometers from the left bank of the Kuban River by a small group of Bessarabian Germans. The number grew quickly to 40 families.
Eventually, Volga German families also settled there.
In the early 1890s, the name of the village was changed to Vannovskoye in honor of P. S. Vannovsky, the Minister of War. Originally, Eigenfeld was located in the Kuban Oblast. Today, it is located in Krasnodar Krai.
Professor Vladimir Hening, son of Friedrich (Fyodor) Hening, was born 10 May 1924 in Podsosnovo (Siberia) and died in Kiev, Ukraine, on 30 October 1993.
He was educated at the University of Perm. His doctoral dissertation was on the "Ethnic History of the Southern Kama Region in the 1st Millennium AD." He taught in the archeology departments of Ural State University in Sverdlovsk and the Institute of Archeology of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences in Kiev. He is considered the founder of the Sverdlovsk School of Archeology.
Friedrich Schneider (Шнайдер Федор Федорович), son of Friedrich & Maria Schneider was born 3 March 1926 in Podsosnovo (Altai Krai, Siberia). He served as head of the local collective farm and eventually rose to national political prominence.
Mr. Schneider was elected as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR (1967-1971, 7th Convocation), a deputy of the Council of the Union of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (1974-1979, 9th Convocation), and a deputy of the Council of Nationalities of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (1984-1989, 11th Convocation)
Volga German families settled in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Volga German families settled in the South African town of Pietermaritzburg.
Martin Christian Johann Binedell, son of Johan & Marlene Binedell, is an Olympic swimmer representing South Africa. He was born 30 July 1995 in Pietermaritzburg. He competed in the men's 200-meter backstroke in the 2020 Tokoyo Olympics.
Binedell's Volga German ancestors came from the colony of Nieder-Monjou.
Heimertshausen is located about 3 kilometers northwest of Zell. Today, it is administratively part of the municipality of Kirtorf.