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Village Name Alternate
Many Volga villages had multiple names, including a German and Russian name.
Village Coord - Village Coordinator
This is a person who has volunteered to gather and coordinate the information
for their ancestral village. In most case they are AHSGR coordinators but not always.
Year Estab - Year Established
This is the year the village was established. Mother colonies (villages)
were established from 1764-1767. Daughter colonies were generally established
around 1855-1860. Grand-daughter colonies were established some time after that.
1912 Pop - 1912 Population
This was the population of the village in 1912. This was very close
to the peak population which probably occured a few years later in most
of the villages.
B/W - Bergseite/Wiesenseite
The German term Bergseite refers to the hillside of the Volga River
which is to the West (left) of the Volga River. The German
term Wiesenseite refers to the meadowside of the Volga River which lies
on the East side of the Volga River. Generally the Bergseite corresponds
with the Sartov province and the Wiesenseite corresponds with Samara province.
Canton
This is area of land which is a subdivision of a province. It is equivalent
to a parish or county in other countries. In Russian it is Uezd or Rayon.
Province
Provinces are large regions ruled by governors and is similar to a state in the United States or
provinces in Canada. It was referred to as Gubernia and the modern term is now Oblast.
Saratov and Samara are the 2 provinces in the Volga region.
M/D - Mother / Daughter
This refers to the they type of colony (village). If the village was established with
original immigrants from Germany, most commonly in the years 1764-1767, then it was
classified as a mother colony. There were about 100 original mother colonies in the Volga.
If the colony was formed from inhabitants from a mother
colony, it was referred to as a daughter colony. Many daughter colonies were formed in the
late 1850s through the 1860s, when the Russian government provided more land to the
German farmers. Villages later
formed from these daughter colonies were called grand-daughter colonies.
Map Coord - Map Coordinates
The map which is used to locate the villages is Volga map #6 which is
sold by the American Historical Society
of Germans from Russia. This map was prepared by Dr. K.Stumpp.
Religion
Most villages were of a single religion although a few had both Evangelical
(Lutheran and Reformed) and Catholic. The religions in the Volga valley
were Evangelical (Lutheran and Reformed), Catholic and Mennonite. There
were only a handful of Mennonite villages which were established at
a later date than the Evangelical and Catholic villages.
Evangelical
A common denominator in Germany for Protestant church members of which
were Lutheran, and Reformed. Most Evangelical villages in the Volga were Lutheran.
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