Kargat, Kargatsky District, Novosibirsk Oblast (Siberia)
Volga German families settled in Kargat.
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Chulym, Chulymsky District, Novosibirsk Oblast (Siberia)
Volga German families settled in Chulym.
Nance County, Nebraska
Volga German families settled in Vance County, Nebraska.
Chișinău, Moldova
Founded in 1436, Chișinău had historically been part of the Ottoman Empire since the 16th century. In 1812, this area was ceded to Russia and became known as Bessarabia. In Russian, the town was called Kishinev (Kischinau in German).
Rybinsk, Yaroslav Oblast, Russia
Volga German families settled in Rybinsk, Russia.
Polotsk, Vitsebsk Voblast, Belarus (Post-1941)
Volga German families settled in Polotsk.
Garland, Seward Co., Nebraska
Volga German families settled in and around Garland (formerly Germantown), Nebraska.
Valparaiso, Saunders Co., Nebraska
Volga German families settled in and around Valparaiso, Nebraska.
Damm, Alexander
Alexander Damm, son of Peter Damm & Charlotta Kaufmann, was born 22 June 1915 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1940 and was commissioned into the Navy in 1942. He left the Navy in 1945 and settled in Kansas City where he was employed by Trans World Airlines (TWA). Om 1959, joined Continental Airlines, and moved to the Los Angeles area in 1963 when Continental moved its headquarters there. He retired in 1980 as President and Chief Operating Officer of Continental.
Laufdorf, Kr. Lahn-Dill, Hessen
Today, Laufdorf is administratively part of the municipality of Schöffengrund.