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Treffen Tuesday, August 26th
August 26 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
The War in Crimea, 1854-1855
Presented by Merv Weiss
The War in Crimea in 1854-1855 changed Russia; it changed Europe; and those changes would eventually affect the Germans in Russia very directly. The main thrust of this presentation is to link the aftermath of the War in Crimea to the reforms in Russia during the 1860s and 1870s, which gradually removed the special favored colonist status of the German farmers and tradesmen of South Russia.
About the speaker
Mervin Weiss was born, grew up, and has lived all his life on the Canadian Prairies. He is 100 percent ethnic German. His four grandparents were Germans who were born in the old Russian Empire, but came to Canada during the Homestead era on the Canadian Prairies. Even though almost everyone around him was German during his youth, Merv gradually lost his “German-ness”. Twenty-five years ago he became interested in his personal genealogy, which rekindled the realization that he is 100 percent ethnic German. Genealogy has spawned his deep interest in the story of the Germans from Russia, and has led to numerous trips to Ukraine and to Germany. Merv has written several published articles and given many public presentations.
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