Hello, list, Can someone on this list tell me how far it would have been from Mueller to the village of Kamenka? And how likely is it that a young man from Mueller would marry a young maiden from Kamenka? Also is Katerina and Katharina likely to be the same person? I'm grasping at straws here! Thanks, Suzanne Heinitz-Dodge --------------------------------- Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool.

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Thank you to all who responded... -- Have a great day :-) Sharon McGinness smcginness1@cox.net

Hello, I am new to the list and researching my Lipphardt family who moved from Norka to Schaffhausen (the northernmost village on the Volga). I already have the data from the 1767 List of Colonists, the Norka census of 1775, 1798 and 1834. I also have the data from the Schaffhausen census of 1798, 1810, and 1835. Family moved to Russian city of Bugulma around 1910 before fleeing in 1919 to Vladivostok, Harbin, Tsingtao & Shanghai. Evacuated in 1949 to refugee camp in Philippines with family dispersing to Australia, Germany, Brazil, Surinam, Venezuela and United States. Family surnames include Lipphardt, Arnhold, Fehler & Ungefugt/Ungefung. Patrick Lipphardt Ancestral villages of Norka & Schaffhausen

Hello, I am new to the list and researching my Lipphardt family from Norka. I already have all the data from the 1767 List of Colonists, and the census of 1775, 1798 and 1834. I am interested in information prior to my immigrant ancestor Christoph Lipphardt (1736-1790's), any census between 1798-1834, and any Lipphardt's in Norka after 1834. My particular branch moved to Schaffhausen (northernmost village) after 1800, but I am interested in family who remained behind in Norka. Thank you, Patrick Lipphardt Ancestral villages of Norka and Schaffhausen

Greeley Tribune Greeley, Colorado 09-08-2007 Harry Becker Jan. 19. 1924-Aug. 30, 2007 Age: 83 Residence: Keenesburg Tribute: Harry Becker was born in Brush. A farmer his whole life, he spent a lot of his time with his wife, daughter and animals. He also owned a restaurant and worked for Henrylyn Irrigation District. Mr. Becker enjoyed driving around Keenesburg to see what was going on and going out for dinner. He collected John Deere tractors and liked doing woodworking in his shop. In tribute his family wrote, "Harry was a man of value. He would never treat anyone badly, thought all living things were important and loved his family most of all. Everyone always said God broke the mold when he created Harry, he was such a unique, wonderful man." After 83 years of nothing but kindness and caring, Mr. Becker died Aug. 30 at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. Survivors: His daughter, Stacy of Keenesburg; a son, Floyd of Texas; a sister, Jean of Keenesburg; two brothers, Elmer of Denver and Alex of Oklahoma; and seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews across the country. Preceded in death by: His wife, Freida, his mother and father, Katie and Alex, a brother Herb and a grandson Kent Willmott. Memorial services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Community United Methodist Church in Keenesburg. His family invites "everyone who loved Harry ... to attend. If anyone deserved a send-off into heaven, it was Harry." Notes: Stoddard Funeral Home, Greeley, is in charge of arrangements. *********************************************************************** Elaine McDowell http://www.ancestrylocator.com A site set up to help find your ancestors by using the forum or gallery. Come join in, and it is a free site.

Greetings, Can somebody tell me where I can locate the German migrations to Russia map on line? I have it somewhere in my "non filing" system. I have been notified by FamilytreemakerDNA that my ancestor of the period of the Wars of Religion shares ancestry at the 25 marker level with a person who migrated from Staraya Ushitsa, Ukraine. I am of Volga German extraction, so I am left with two hypotheses : 1. This common ancestor migrated in an exodus from bloody German 400 years ago at the height of the Wars of Religion, or 2. later Volga migrants relocated to the Ukraine? I am not familiar with either, and there may be other explanations. Is it likely one could locate a small village of Staraya Ushitsa, Ukraine? Any enlightenment would be appreciated. Frank Jacobs

I received this message through the Ancestry.com communication center...apparently in response to family tree information I have there. But I have no idea what it says!! Can anyone help me out here? Here's the message: Hi Hans! Ich wollt ma fragen was so bei dir abgeht?! Kennste das Wort "abgeht"? Freu mich schon dich beim nächsten Familientreffen zu sehen! MfG Dein Lieblingsverwandter PS. Bist du reich? -- Have a great day :-) Sharon McGinness smcginness1@cox.net

Billings Gazette Billings, MT 6 Sep 2007 CHENEY, Wash. - Elsie E. (Kinsfather) Chapman died on Monday, Sept. 4, 2007, in Cheney, nested in the love of her beloved family. Born on Nov. 5, 1912, in Billings, Elsie was a lifelong Montanan, spending her formative years on the family farm (the Evergreen Farm) west of Billings. She was the surviving child of the six children of John and Helena Kinsfather. Brothers Harry, Walter, Johnny and Earl and sister Julia preceded her in death. During the '40s, '50s, and early '60s, she and her husband Jack Chapman operated first the Pitchfork Bar Dude Ranch outside of Cody, Wyo., and then the 4K Dude Ranch in Dean, Mont. She was the ultimate hostess, winning friends and admirers nationwide. Mom never finished the book she was "always going to write" - a book on dude ranching - most especially an extended chapter on "cooks I have known." Knowing her sense of humor, it would have been a rib buster. Her lifelong gifts to her children Skip, Brad and Candy, niece/daughter Joyce Cernohlavek and to her extended family included her sense of humor, love of family, sense of responsibility and an acute sensitivity for the feelings of others, not to mention her fantastic recipes and love of flowers. In her later years, she was a homemaker living in Absarokee and Billings, spending many hours as a Pink Lady volunteer in local hospitals, card player and tireless gardener at her home. Following in the tradition of her much-loved father John, Elsie was an extraordinary gardener who willingly shared her knowledge and her flower gardens with family and friends. She anticipated every spring to once again work the soil and nurture a bountiful, colorful garden. Her last years were spent with her family in Spokane. Her cherished grandchildren are Erika Chapman, Jennifer Hall, Kyle Strauch, Kathleen Sliger and Lara Chapman; and six great-grandchildren, John Henry Sliger, Brandon Hall, Kristina Duncan, Kimberly Duncan, Michael Strauch and Pruedence Strauch. A viewing will be held on Friday, Sept. 7, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Dahl Funeral Home. A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Sunset Memorial Gardens. Interment will immediately follow the service. Published in the Billings Gazette on 9/6/2007.

I forgot to mention Brent, thanks Dona. Brent has done a fantastic job on many of these records! There are also a number of other people that have been able to obtain census records, Rosemary Larson, Darryl Boyd, Ted Gerk, Nick & Barb Bretz, and many more. It would be nice to have these, and their compilers listed somewhere where we as a group would know what is already compiled and available so that we don't spend more money getting something that has already been done. Something else for out group to debate and discuss! _____ From: Reeves-Marquardt, Dona [mailto:dr03@txstate.edu] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 9:10 AM To: Kevin; ger-volga@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [GV] Census Records Other village census records are available from Brent Mai <bmai@cu-portland.edu> Dona Reeves-Marquardt _____ From: ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of Kevin Sent: Wed 9/5/2007 8:54 AM To: ger-volga@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GV] Census Records I do have some census records that I have compiled on my web site. These are mostly the Volga Catholic villages. There are a few later census "Family Lists", 1893 Louis, 1874 Liebental, 1895 Mariental, 1874 Katharinenstadt 1874. My web site is www.volgagerman.net ,then go to the research page. On the Engels archives if you look at the "Funds" you will see a few of the later census lists and family census that are housed at that archives. Kevin Rupp -----Original Message----- From: ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Zitterkopf Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:39 AM To: ger-volga@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GV] Census Records Census records available from AHSGR may be found in the on-line store http://www.ahsgr.org/store.htm Select the member or non-member store (depending on your member status) and then select the Census List region of interest (Volga or Other Regions) - links along the left edge of the page. Dennis Zitterkopf -------------------------------- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 17:15:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Lauren Brantner <lrbrantner@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [GV] Census Lists To: ger-volga@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <459711.11126.qm@web58802.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I've had a request asking where to navigate for the census information at ahsgr.org. Go to the main page, follow the Products link. On that page there is information about some new census data. If you follow that link it will lead you to page listing what is available for different colonies. There is also a link on that page that will lead you to an alphabetical listing of surnames by village/colony found in the census. One other nice feature is that this list gives you the German name of the village as well as the Russian name. I know we all fumble around trying to remember the Russian names at one time or another - or we simply don't know what it is. New researchers should also not neglect looking at the Odessa website. Lauren Brantner --------------------------------- Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. ------------------------------ To contact the GER-VOLGA list administrator, send an email to GER-VOLGA-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the GER-VOLGA mailing list, send an email to GER-VOLGA@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of GER-VOLGA Digest, Vol 2, Issue 312 ***************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Other village census records are available from Brent Mai <bmai@cu-portland.edu> Dona Reeves-Marquardt ________________________________ From: ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of Kevin Sent: Wed 9/5/2007 8:54 AM To: ger-volga@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GV] Census Records I do have some census records that I have compiled on my web site. These are mostly the Volga Catholic villages. There are a few later census "Family Lists", 1893 Louis, 1874 Liebental, 1895 Mariental, 1874 Katharinenstadt 1874. My web site is www.volgagerman.net ,then go to the research page. On the Engels archives if you look at the "Funds" you will see a few of the later census lists and family census that are housed at that archives. Kevin Rupp -----Original Message----- From: ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Zitterkopf Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:39 AM To: ger-volga@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GV] Census Records Census records available from AHSGR may be found in the on-line store http://www.ahsgr.org/store.htm Select the member or non-member store (depending on your member status) and then select the Census List region of interest (Volga or Other Regions) - links along the left edge of the page. Dennis Zitterkopf -------------------------------- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 17:15:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Lauren Brantner <lrbrantner@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [GV] Census Lists To: ger-volga@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <459711.11126.qm@web58802.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I've had a request asking where to navigate for the census information at ahsgr.org. Go to the main page, follow the Products link. On that page there is information about some new census data. If you follow that link it will lead you to page listing what is available for different colonies. There is also a link on that page that will lead you to an alphabetical listing of surnames by village/colony found in the census. One other nice feature is that this list gives you the German name of the village as well as the Russian name. I know we all fumble around trying to remember the Russian names at one time or another - or we simply don't know what it is. New researchers should also not neglect looking at the Odessa website. Lauren Brantner --------------------------------- Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. ------------------------------ To contact the GER-VOLGA list administrator, send an email to GER-VOLGA-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the GER-VOLGA mailing list, send an email to GER-VOLGA@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of GER-VOLGA Digest, Vol 2, Issue 312 ***************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Scottsbluff Star Hearld Scottsbluff, NE 5 Sep 2007 SIDNEY - Beverly M. Nienhueser, 79, of Sidney, was called home by her Lord on September 1, 2007. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, September 5 at the Trinity Lutheran South Divide Church with Pastor Philip Found officiating. Burial will be in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial contributions be made in Beverly's name to The Lutheran Hour or Trinity Lutheran Church. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service is in charge of the arrangements. Beverly Maxine Nienhueser, the daughter of Amos Oran and Mable Minnie (Richmond) Bailey, was born on November 26, 1927, at Paxton, Neb. Beverly was baptized in the Methodist Church in Paxton and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Sidney. She graduated from Venango High School and attended the University of Nebraska Lincoln and the University of Saint Luke's in Denver where she received her degree as a Registered Nurse. On November 19, 1952, Beverly was united in marriage to Vearn Martin Nienhueser at St. John's Lutheran Church in Denver. Beverly worked as an office nurse for Drs. Cook, Bitner and Thayer before starting her family. She had been active in the Lutheran Women's Missionary League and Farm Bureau. Beverly had been a member of the Friendly Neighborhood Club and made many beautiful quilts. She enjoyed gardening, playing cards, reading and attending her grandchildren's activities. Beverly has lived on their farm south of Sidney for the last fifty-four years. Survivors include: her husband Vearn of Sidney; her children Martin and wife Kristy of Sidney, Peggy Grimm and husband Lyle of North English, Iowa, Eugene and wife Marleen and Bruce and wife Lisa both of Sidney; eight grandchildren Shaun and Ericka Nienhueser, Jason and Brittney Grimm, Heidi and Riley Nienhueser and Tanner Nienhueser; two brothers Junior Bailey and wife Velma of Paxton, Neb., and Neil Bailey and wife Freida of Beatrice, Neb., and one sister Margaret Wid of Grant, Neb. Beverly was preceded in death by her parents, one brother Clark Bailey, one sister Donna Jean Mayes and one grandson Chad Nienhueser.

I do have some census records that I have compiled on my web site. These are mostly the Volga Catholic villages. There are a few later census "Family Lists", 1893 Louis, 1874 Liebental, 1895 Mariental, 1874 Katharinenstadt 1874. My web site is www.volgagerman.net ,then go to the research page. On the Engels archives if you look at the "Funds" you will see a few of the later census lists and family census that are housed at that archives. Kevin Rupp -----Original Message----- From: ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Zitterkopf Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:39 AM To: ger-volga@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GV] Census Records Census records available from AHSGR may be found in the on-line store http://www.ahsgr.org/store.htm Select the member or non-member store (depending on your member status) and then select the Census List region of interest (Volga or Other Regions) - links along the left edge of the page. Dennis Zitterkopf -------------------------------- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 17:15:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Lauren Brantner <lrbrantner@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [GV] Census Lists To: ger-volga@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <459711.11126.qm@web58802.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I've had a request asking where to navigate for the census information at ahsgr.org. Go to the main page, follow the Products link. On that page there is information about some new census data. If you follow that link it will lead you to page listing what is available for different colonies. There is also a link on that page that will lead you to an alphabetical listing of surnames by village/colony found in the census. One other nice feature is that this list gives you the German name of the village as well as the Russian name. I know we all fumble around trying to remember the Russian names at one time or another - or we simply don't know what it is. New researchers should also not neglect looking at the Odessa website. Lauren Brantner --------------------------------- Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. ------------------------------ To contact the GER-VOLGA list administrator, send an email to GER-VOLGA-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the GER-VOLGA mailing list, send an email to GER-VOLGA@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of GER-VOLGA Digest, Vol 2, Issue 312 ***************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Census records available from AHSGR may be found in the on-line store http://www.ahsgr.org/store.htm Select the member or non-member store (depending on your member status) and then select the Census List region of interest (Volga or Other Regions) - links along the left edge of the page. Dennis Zitterkopf -------------------------------- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 17:15:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Lauren Brantner <lrbrantner@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [GV] Census Lists To: ger-volga@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <459711.11126.qm@web58802.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I've had a request asking where to navigate for the census information at ahsgr.org. Go to the main page, follow the Products link. On that page there is information about some new census data. If you follow that link it will lead you to page listing what is available for different colonies. There is also a link on that page that will lead you to an alphabetical listing of surnames by village/colony found in the census. One other nice feature is that this list gives you the German name of the village as well as the Russian name. I know we all fumble around trying to remember the Russian names at one time or another - or we simply don't know what it is. New researchers should also not neglect looking at the Odessa website. Lauren Brantner --------------------------------- Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. ------------------------------ To contact the GER-VOLGA list administrator, send an email to GER-VOLGA-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the GER-VOLGA mailing list, send an email to GER-VOLGA@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of GER-VOLGA Digest, Vol 2, Issue 312 *****************************************

Is anyone familiar with this book? I am interested in what the contents are. KOLARZ, WALTER. Russia and Her Colonies. Pp. xiv, 335. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1953. Lauren Brantner --------------------------------- Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search.

I've had a request asking where to navigate for the census information at ahsgr.org. Go to the main page, follow the Products link. On that page there is information about some new census data. If you follow that link it will lead you to page listing what is available for different colonies. There is also a link on that page that will lead you to an alphabetical listing of surnames by village/colony found in the census. One other nice feature is that this list gives you the German name of the village as well as the Russian name. I know we all fumble around trying to remember the Russian names at one time or another - or we simply don't know what it is. New researchers should also not neglect looking at the Odessa website. Lauren Brantner --------------------------------- Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games.

I am doing research on my german family, Markgraf, that came to america from Reinwald, Samara, Volga, Russia and I'm looking for someone that can do research. Thanks for any help, Steve Markgraf

Billings Gazette Billings, MT 4 Sep 2007 LAUREL - With grace and courage, LaVera Rose Olson Ehrlick, 78, won her five-year battle with Alzheimer's disease and went to her eternal home to be with family, friends and her savior on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007. A woman who treasured family above all else, she had been surrounded by her family in her final days. She was born on May 21, 1929, in Windsor, N.D., one of 11 children born to Oscar and Josephine (Goodroad) Olson. She moved to Huntley Project when she was 13. The next year, she met her lifetime companion, Albert Ehrlick at a dance and she married him a year later. LaVera married Albert on her mother's birthday, Oct. 14, 1944. They lived in Laurel, where Albert built the family home, room by room, paycheck to paycheck, over the course of six years. She loved to travel and she fulfilled her dreams of seeing the world. She visited the Panama Canal, cruised to Alaska, took in the colors of New England in the fall, saw Hawaii with her family, enjoyed the shows of Branson, Mo., and crisscrossed the country on many bus tours. She enjoyed reading and listening to music. She was an avid fan of Lawrence Welk and rarely missed a Saturday night watching his television program. In her later years, she saw his orchestra and many members of the show, including Myron Floren and the Lennon Sisters, in person. Above all, her family was the center of her life. She kept track of all family - no matter how far extended - and the only home she ever lived in as an adult was always a place of love, laughter and very good cooking. LaVera is survived by her husband, Albert; children Linda (Jerry) Broderson, Darrell (Sally) Ehrlick and Guy (Teresa) Ehrlick; six grandchildren, Daron Faught, Dalayna Faught, Darrell (Angie) Ehrlick, Melannie (Jake) Nienaber, Jacob Ehrlick and Nathan Ehrlick; one brother, Donald Olson; three sisters, Esther Knaub, Marjorie Yakel and Bertha Craven; one aunt, Lydia Goodroad; and many special nieces and nephews. She would have also been thrilled to know she would be a great-grandmother in the next few months. She is preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Clarence, Albert and Martin; sisters, Dorothy Yakel, Elenora Wirtanen and Lucille Schwartzkopf. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, at the First Congregational Church, 506 S. Fifth, Laurel. Visitation for family and friends will be one hour before the service at the church. Interment will be in the Laurel Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Big Sky Hospice, Alzheimer Association - Montana Chapter or a charity of choice. LaVera's family would like to thank Big Sky Hospice for the compassionate care in the final days of her life. Smith Funeral Chapel-Laurel is in charge of the arrangements. Published in the Billings Gazette on 9/4/2007.

You can easily get many answers to these kinds of questions by accessing AHSGR.org. You will find what census data is available for different colonies for different years. There are some 1775 census data available and currently some 1834 census data. The 1798 census was the first so it is the most complete. You can purchase the data in 1798 for the whole village/colony. It has been published for quite some time by AHSGR. You should expect to pay for this research because there was cost to both acquiring and translating it. I am not as familiar with the GRHS holdings, but a look at their website should tell you what they are doing. Dr. Brent Mai is also working on census data and I'm sure someone on the list can give you his website - if not - Google it. The German Origins Project at AHSGR.org should also be of interest to everyone - as new information about the original colonists comes in from family researchers who are working on German origins, it is added to the data by village/colony. Also accessing the reports of Village Coordinators for your particular village can be very educational. Some coordinators are also very helpful to individual researchers and readily share what they have. Some Village Coordinators keep a database of families for their particular village. Look for a website for your particular village - some have them while others don't. For those who have been around a long time, these suggestions may seem repetitive. We have to remember we will always have new researchers joining us who don't have the knowledge about resources that others may have. I'm sure some of the others on this list have other helpful suggestions to offer new researchers. Lauren Brantner --------------------------------- Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase.

I thought this news item was encouraging, although there is certainly no mention of their homes or other confiscated property being returned to the Germans who had been forcibly transported from the Volga Region during WWII. -- Sam Brungardt Moscow announces aid programme for ethnic Germans in Russia Earthtimes.org - USA It is expected to particularly benefit regions in Western Siberia and along the Volga river. The programme is part of Russian efforts to halt the decline in ... ----------------- Moscow announces aid programme for ethnic Germans in Russia Posted on : 2007-09-03 | Author : DPA News Category : Europe Moscow - The Russian government announced Monday an 80- million-euro (109-million-dollar) programme to lure back Russians of German ethnicity, Interfax news agency reported. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov authorized the programme in Moscow which would aid the social and economic development of the ethnic German community in Russia. The aid will be offered for the building of houses and infrastructure, and for the improvement of education and health facilities. It is expected to particularly benefit regions in Western Siberia and along the Volga river. The programme is part of Russian efforts to halt the decline in the country's population. According to a UN study, Russia will need 2 million immigrants in the coming decade to maintain economic growth. According to official statistics, the number of ethnic Germans in Russia fell by 30 per cent between 1989 and 2004 to around 600,000. However, Russian media reports say that every year thousands of them return to Russia because of dissatisfaction with their new lives in Germany.