Online Research Maps
The Germans from Russia Settlement Location map above was created by Dennis Bender, Mel Bender, Peggy (Krause) Hansen, Elaine (Becker) Morrison, and Sandy (Schilling) Payne. It includes a definitive online list of locations of German colonies established in the Russian Empire. The map above includes the following regions: Austria, Black Sea, Belowsch, Don Cossacks, Saint Petersburg, Ural, Volga and Volhynia.
If you know the area your ancestor settled in you might want go to straight to that map:
Liebental colonies (also known as Grossliebental colonies)
View a short tutorial on how to search the Google Interactive maps here.
The maps in our
online collection are from
printed maps, documents
or atlases which are
public domain or for
which the Black Sea
German Research Group
has secured permission
for use. The maps
in this collection are
to be used for private,
personal, genealogical
purposes only. Commercial use is
prohibited. If you have a map
you would like to share
freely please email