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 ...

The Ellis County Historical Society (ECHS) is bringing back a beloved favorite just in time for the holidays — Spitzbuben, ...

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 ...

Until not so long ago, many towns and villages in southern Russia had German names and their residents spoke in distinctive dialects. What is left of these German regions in present-day Russia? This ...

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 ...

Over the past couple of days we chatted with Rebecca Nab Young, author of the new cookbook, There is Always Room for One More: Volga German Stories and Recipes. Today, sh shares a recipe for her ...

August was slipping away, and with it Germany’s chance of a decisive victory. There was still time, but the time grew shorter. German gains had been great—Rostov, the last of the Ukraine, the northern ...