From Catherine to Khrushchev: The Story of Russia’s Germans

by Adam Giesinger

Lincoln, Nebraska

1981

Paperback

Professor Giesinger’s book is the most complete, authoritative, and well-written history of the Germans from Russia to have appeared in English. He deals in detail all German settlements in Russia who emigrated to the prairie regions of the United States and Canada. The book includes a useful chapter locating individual colonies within their geographical and governmental districts, twenty-seven pages of maps, and a bibliography of nearly 200 items.

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