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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

To those who didn’t know them, they were called the “Dirty Russians.” But the Volga-Deutsch, who were misunderstood by those unlike them were actually ethnic Germans who had immigrated here from ...

Yesterday, we shared the first part of our conversation with Rebecca Nab Young, author of There’s Always Room for One More: Volga German Stories and Recipes. Today, our chat about the unique Volga ...

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 ...