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Volga Germans

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Russia's Volga Germans

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98-year-old Volga German in Russia - Part 1: On learning Russian language

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Volga German greeting to America!

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Kyrgyzstan's Germans: Ethnic minority fading away in central Asia state

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Das Lied der Wolgadeutschen (unofficial hymn of the Volga Germans)[English translation]

The Volga Germans are ethnic Germans who colonized and historically lived along the Volga River in the region of southeastern European Russia around Saratov and to the south. Recruited as immigrants to Russia in the 18th century, they were allowed to maintain their German culture, language, traditions, and churches. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many Volga Germans emigrated to Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, California. Washington and other states across the western United States, as well as to Canada and South America.