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I think the Wolga Germans (e.g. Bishop Schneider's family) were moved farther east by Stalin because he thought they would side with the German army. So they ended up in Kazakhstan and Kirgisistan. Now, virtually all of them have moved to Germany.
Yes, and only after the Soviet Union, Russian historians are able to research into the way of living of this ethnic group. It was forbidden until 1990. May be they will start taking care of the ruins...
"Now the village does not exist." -a sad fate of many communities under Soviet rule, including the people who were living there at the time.
Yeah, very sad...
I would believe that the discussion was about whether the old chapel should be torn down or not or whether it could not be enlarged.
good point! I didn't think about that possibility
I just included this in the text!
What an tragic history! A beautiful church was build in order to be destroyed few years later.
Yes, a lot of effort done.