German emigrants in the east

Table of Contents

●Vocabulary●Timeline●Catharina the Great●Picture of Katharina II.●Reasons to go to Russia●Emigrants I●Emigrants II●I. and II. Worl War●Return to Germany●Emigrant to Germany●Wilhelm Küchelbecker●Today●Sources

Vocabulary● Settlements – some people who live in different

houses together● Empress – female ruler of the country● Spread her reign - make her country bigger● Significant contribution – important addition● Craftsman- another word for a person who works

with his hands● Crimean war- a war in the Eurasian area

Timeline● 1763: Catherine the Great began to colonize Russia

● 1764-1767: Frirst German emigrants came to Russia

● 1764-1773: Establishment of 104 German colonies

● 1853- 1856: Crimean War, German colonists helped Russia to fight against Turkey. They made a significant contrubution to the economic deveploment of Russian Germans.

● 1874: Germans had to do their duty in the Russian army

● 1887: Russans wanted their country back and for themselves

● 1897: there were about 1 million emigrants

● 1914-1918: World War I

● 1939-1945: World War II

Catherine the Great

● born 1729 in Stettin

● Empress, duchess from Russia

● She was a young princess

● Came from Germany

● She wanted to spread her reign

● She called German immigrant worker to work for her in Russia

● She offered them religious freedom, free land and liberation from millitary service

● Died 17th november 1796 in Sankt Petersburg

Picture of Catherine the Great

The reasons to go to Russia

● They wanted to work● They wanted to earn money for their families● They wanted to have better lives

Emigrants I.

● There were millions of emigrants in Russia● They were all German● Worked for Catherine the Great as:● Farmers and craftsmen● Catherine wanted to colonize Russia● They wanted to have better lives

Emigrants II.

● Problems:● Language● They forget their● memories of the old way of● life and started a new life● Bad conditions

Word War I and II● 1st August 1914 the first World War began

● Russia and Germany were enemies

● Some of the German people who lived in

● Russia had to fight in the war

● 22nd of June 1941 Nazi Germany attacked Russia (Soviet Union)

● The German people had to go Siberia because the Soviet people took revenge for the attack

● Men and women had to work in camps

Return to Germany

● After the end of the Soviet Union in 1991, the remigration began

● They sold their houses and cars● They went back to Germany

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Emigrants to Germany

● 1950 – 2000, 4.12 millions people came to Germany

● Reasons:● National, political, economic reasons● Some of them had families in Germany

Wilhelm Küchelbecker

● Born on 21st Juny 1797 in St. Petersburg● Was a poet● His works:“ The fate of Russian poets“● and was very famous● His family was German● Died on 23rd August 1846

Today

● Some of the Russian people go to Germany, for work and a new home

Sources

● Sources from the internet