Berlin/Neu Berlin Village Information

Notes: Daughter colony in the Grossliebental District Odessa as listed in Homesteaders on the Steppe. Georg Rath's book, The Black Sea Germans in the Dakotas, reflects that Berlin was part of the Hoffnungstal Parish. Stumpp does not list Berlin but he does list Neu Berlin as evangelical village founded in 1867. For additional information read the Hoffnungstal Odessa Newsletters listed below.

Handbuch Russland-Deutsche by Ulrich Mertens pg 242 lists Neu Berlin, also known as Worobjewka, Odessa area/Hoffnungstal region, founded in 1867, ev., Neu Freudental Parish; Land: 3,536 Deßj.; 1929 administrative district for 1-4 schools. Population 505 in 1904, 452/524 in 1914, 645 in 1919, 689 in 1926