Talk:Russian Germans in North America

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Areas of Immigration[edit]

It would be good to expand and clarify this section. Tens of thousands of Germans from Russia settled in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. The Volga Germans settled primarily in Nebraska and Kansas. Black Sea Germans (also known as Odessa Germans) settled primarily in North Dakota and South Dakota.

Also, the comment about "In 1910, 5% of the population of North Dakota had been born in Russia; it is likely most were ethnic Germans" ... I don't know the exact numbers, but in general this is correct. For exceptional details about the ethnic groups in North Dakota, a good reference is "Prairie Mosaic" by Fred C. Koch. William Sherman. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cte67 (talk • contribs) 12:16, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My grandparents settled in Windsor, Colorado and I was in touch with others (met online via the Mormon database) whose grandparents had come from the same village in Russia along the Volga as well. There must be others. I would be interested to hear from others whose families settled in Colorado. What drew some families there and others to to the Dakotas?Kmester (talk) 14:05, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I came to this page looking for how to spell the word "Rooshian" . I was raised in eastern Kansas, a decedent of Volga Germans, but they (we) were always referred to as "Rooshians" Why isn't this in the article? 27 feb 2015 no wiki username.

Bibliography[edit]

Some of these sources might be helpful:

Fred C. Koch. "The Volga Germans : in Russia and the Americas, from 1763 to the present" University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1977. Print.

Karl Stumpp. "The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the years 1763 to 1862." Tübingen: Published by the author with the cooperation of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1972. Print.

North Dakota Historical Society of Germans from Russia, and Germans from Russia Heritage Society. “Heritage review.” 1973 : n. pag. Print.

Reuben Goertz. "Princes, potentates, and plain people : the saga of the Germans from Russia." Sioux Falls, SD: Center for Western Studies, 1994. Print. Hefferjd (talk) 02:46, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

James- Tim Egan's book for our class, "The Worst Hard Time" has a good chapter on this also.Docjay57 (talk) 00:03, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

we can cite the Egan book -- do you have page #s ? Rjensen (talk) 00:33, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

German Russians in North Dakota[edit]

Some of the Germans in Russia at the end of the 19th Century became a little too wealthy and created internal problems for the Russian government. The cry then was "Russia for Russians" and laws were enacted to prevent Germans from buying land. This and erosion of the inducements for moving to Russia led to a mass emigration to America. See Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Vol. I, p. 199. --Jbergquist (talk) 12:54, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The page name[edit]

Can someone change the page name back to “Germans from Russia” instead of “Russian Germans in North America” Germans from Russia is how they identify as and are known by scholars. 174.213.145.17 (talk) 01:54, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]