The Villages of South Russia

We have listed here the villages in South Russia that were inhabited by German settlers and are being researched by GRHS members. The amount of information given varies wildly but the possible information found on the village pages below is the name and contact information of the Village Coordinator, map location of the village, date founded, LDS films where church records for this village are found, references to this village in various reference books, and alternate names.

If you can't find your village in the list below then your village may be one of the villages about which little is known. We have collected here our latest list of known GR villages in South Russia. In some cases all that is known is the name of the village.

Please contact vc [at] grhs.org with any corrections or additional information you may know about these villages. Here are the villages for which we have at least basic information and the Regional Interest Group (RIG) they belong to: (BDO=Beresan District Odessa, BESS=Bessarabia, GDO=Grossliebental District Odessa, HOP=Hoffnungstal Odessa Parish, KDO=Kutschurgan District, Krim=Crimea, KET=Kherson, Ekaterinoslav, Taurida).