Founded: 1815 (By families from Poland where their ancestors had settled between 1796 and 1806. They had originally immigrated from Württemberg.)
German name: Wittenberg or Malojarosavetz I
Books:
* From Catherine to Khruschev by Dr. Adam Giesinger (page 117)
* The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 – 1862 by Karl Stumpp (pp. 560-563)
* Auswanderung Aus Schwaben Nach Russland 1816-1823 by Dr. Georg Leibbrandt (Chapter 40)
* Homeland Book of the Bessarabian Germans by Pastor Albert Kern, village history (pp.65-67), list of MIA/deaths in WWI/II pp. 320-322.
* Wittenberg, Bessarabien: Die Geschichte eines Dorfes in der Steppe by Paul Rath & Klara Bollinger. Published by Heimatsmuseum der Deutschen aus Bessarabien e.V., 1987. Village history, pgs. 13-228; Village genealogy, pgs. 229-544.
Websites:
Armin Zimmerman's website:
http://www.armin-zimmermann.eu/Bessarab ... lisch.htmlJohn Flaig's photos of Wittenberg cemetery:
http://flaig.com/bessarabia/Arzis/1_Street_Scenes/1848 village history:
http://grhs.org/vr/vhistory.htmVillage timeline:
http://grhs.org/rig/bess/timeline.htmChurch records: Available in St. Pete records
Census records: Available in Black Sea German-Russian Census Vol. II