“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 ...

Helping to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Volga German settlements of Ellis and Rush counties the American Historical ...

In 1993, Yuri Gaar brought his 74-year-old mother from Kazakhstan back to her homeland here in the meadows and woodland along the Volga River. Together, they strolled past their village’s two-story ...

Mike Brown, a University of Wyoming professor of communication and journalism, recently returned from a trip to Kazakhstan where he was searching for evidence of a group of Russian Germans — known as ...

For Jacob and Mary Eichhorn of Midland, a 10-year labor of love has resulted in a painstakingly detailed, landmark reference book - a treasure trove for historians and for those seeking certain ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

From 1764 to 1772, there were 106 German colonies established along the Volga River on the barren Russian steppe. By 1910, there were many Volga German immigrants living in south-central Idaho, ...