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Volga German families settled in and around Quemú Quemú, in La Pampa Province.

Schafsdorf was founded in about 1895 by Volga German colonists most of whom were resettling from the colonies of Jost and Moor. It was named after one of the first settlers named Schaaf from Huck.

In 1912, it was given the Russian name of Gribanovka after the Cossack officer Gribanov who had leased the land to the original settlers.

Krasnoyarka was founded by Volga Germans in 1894 on a site near the Kudai-Kuduk swamp. The first colonists arrived from the Krasnoyarsk volost of the Kamyshinsky district of the Saratov Province [Wiesenseite].

Yablonovka was founded by Volga Germans in 1911.

Yekaterinoslavka was founded in 1907 by Ukrainians.

On 18 September 1941, 14 Volga German families arrived in Yekaterinoslavka. They came from the colony of Erlenbach from which they had been deported on 5 September 1941.

Novoskatovka was founded in 1906 by Volga German colonists resettling from Yagodnaya Polyana and Neu-Straub. The Russian name of Neu-Straub was Novoskatovka, so that is what the new settlement was called. The early settlers also used the names of Schöntal and Neu-Straub.

On 18 September 1941, 53 families (265 people) arrived from the Volga German colony of Erlenbach from which they had been deported on 5 September 1941.

On 25 August 1894, a tiny railway station on the Trans-Siberian Railway was located in this place and was called Marianovka.

A town developed near the station. It was called Novo-Timofeyevka, but today is known by the name of the railway station Marianovka.

Volga Germans being deported from the colony of Erlenbach arrived at the railway station aboard Train Number 702 in Marianovka on 15 September 1941. Some families remained in Marianovka while others were distributed to neighboring villages.

Volga German families settled in and around Wooster, Ohio.

Volga German families settled in and around the community of Meeme, Wisconsin.