Ludwigstal is located in what is known as the Mariupol Enclave of German settlements in South Russia. There were ethnic Germans living in Ludwigstal as early as 1828.
Volga German families also lived in Ludwigstal.
Today, Ludwigstal is known as Zoria and is located in Ukraine.
Volga German families settled in Chelyabinsk.
Volga German families settled in North Caucasus city of Sochi.
Volga German families settled in the Siberian village of Khorosheye.
Volga German families settled in the Siberian village of Vologda.
Volga German families settled in the city of Bielefeld following the 1990 collapse of the Soviet Union.
Volga German families settled in the Siberian village of Starinka.
Volga German families settled in the Siberian village of Kochki.
Volga German families settled in the Siberian village of Dovolnoye.
Dale Owen Laubach, son of Herman Laubach & Elma Vogt, was born 18 March 1931 in Okeene, Oklahoma. He died 24 November 2002 in Edmond, Oklahoma.
General Laubach served his country in the U.S. Army and retired from the Oklahoma Army National Guard as a Brigadier General after 30 years of service.
General Laubach's Volga German ancestors came from the daughter colony of Neu-Messer.