VGI Updates

Volga German families relocated to Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in the Rostov Oblast following the 1956 elimination of the Special Settlements.

Novokormikha was founded in 1810.

Volga Germans from Wiesenmüller were deported to Novokormikha in 1941. Most of them migrated to Germany following the 1990 collapse of the Soviet Union.

Volga German families settled in Schneeberg.

Volga German families settled in Gelsenkirchen.

Volga German families settled in Dyakovka.

The following families were deported from Dyakovka and arrived in Kostanai (Kazakhstan) on 9 September 1941:

Aschenbrenner
Elsasser
Gretz
Meier
Michaelis
Reifschneider
Rothenberger
Schranber? (from Baku)
Terre

Volga German families settled in Kidder County, North Dakota.

Volga German families settled in Monroe County, Iowa.

Volga German families settled in Mikhaylovka following the 1941 Deportation. Most of these families migrated to Germany following the 1990 collapse of the Soviet Union.

Borovskoy was founded in 1881 about 60 kilometers south of the Russian/Kazakh border.

Volga German families were settled in Borovskoy following the 1941 Deportation.

The following families arrived by deportation train at Kostanai on 9 September 1941 and were assigned to the Borovskoy village:

Brickmann from Messel?
Holzwoth from Dyakovka
Kromm
Gossmann

Volga German families settled in Foster County, North Dakota.