To those who didn’t know them, they were called the “Dirty Russians.” But the Volga-Deutsch, who were misunderstood by those unlike them were actually ethnic Germans who had immigrated here from ...

From 1764 to 1767, 23,000 Germans emigrated to a small area of Russia along the Volga River at the behest of Russia’s German-born princess, Catherine the Great. A total of 104 colonies were founded ...

“We’re not Russians! Never let anyone label us that way. Just because a chicken lays an egg in an oven, that doesn’t make the egg a biscuit.” I remember hearing those words as a child. My mother went ...

Until he started at Grant High School, Jerry Schleining thought everyone grew up with cousins, uncles, aunts and both sets of grandparents within four blocks of home. Steve Schreiber, who grew up near ...

When seven tired travelers ended their journey at the Sheboygan railroad depot in 1892, there was no fanfare. Like other immigrants before them, those three men, three women and a boy from half a ...

The American Historical Society of Germans from Russia was founded in 1968, headquartered in Colorado. It relocated to Lincoln in 1973. On Feb. 4, 1977, the Panhandle chapter was chartered, providing ...

This week in Chef Chat, we take a bit of a detour to explore the culinary and cultural traditions of Volga Germans with Rebecca Nab Young, the Phoenix-based author of a new cookbook, There is Always ...

in Northeast Portland on Wednesday, Sept. 28. The program is titled "From the Russian Steppe to the Pacific Northwest: The Germans from Russia in Portland, Oregon." The video and slideshow is from 7 ...

Yesterday, we shared the first part of our conversation with Rebecca Nab Young, author of There’s Always Room for One More: Volga German Stories and Recipes. Today, our chat about the unique Volga ...