Talk:Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

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Did you know... that, following the Russian Revolution, the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was established by the Soviet Union as a homeland for the large Volga German minority in Russia?

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Hi

As a German Russian, I'm very excited to have found an encyclopedia page about this subject (totally by accident - linked from the front page). I think the two last paragraphs (as of Apr. 17, 2004) are not very correct.

"Many Russians carry hatred towards Volga Germans?" Not true (I grew up in Russia). If someone hates you for whatever other reason, your German-ness might come up - it's human nature, and Russia is not PC. Perhaps people who personally remember WWII, but they are old and rare.

Secondly, as of late 90's to "repatriate" to Germany, one not only has to speak some German, but speak the right Volga dialect! Please correct these when you get a chance. Thanks.

I do not know where Hi was born and grown up. My parents were displaced Wolgagermans, therefore I also belong to the german minority of Russia and I assure that the soviet/russion authorities treated us very badly even crimminally and especialy after the WW2 most of russions hated us and a lot of still do, especially those of us who refuse to assimilate, simply for being us germans not for having done something wrong. It must not be discussed, it is a known fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 57.66.70.225 (talk) 10:04, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OGT

My apologies; I had just read in The Russians by Hedrick Smith that many Russians bore grudges against your people. Also, anybody (including you) can edit the page just by clicking 'Edit this Page'. You could correct the incorrect data yourself if you so wished. DO'Neil 09:05, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)

We should try and make a map of this. I'm looking online for one we could make it from. Secretlondon 10:53, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Why doesn't this article mention the fact that during the Soviet-Nazi alliance many Volga Germans were repatriated to Germany peacefuly? [[User:Halibutt|Halibu tt]] 12:43, Oct 13, 2004 (UTC)

1.8 million, or 0.8 million?

The article states there were 1.8 million Germans in the area. The article on Saratov states the same area had 800,000 instead. Which is correct? Maury 22:20, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

German citizenship based on ancestry

"Since the fall of the Soviet Union many Volga Germans have emigrated to Germany, which recognises the right of anyone with German ancestry to citizenship."

This is incorrect. Simply having German ancestry is not enough to claim citizenship. The reason why the Volga Germans can claim citizenship, as opposed to German-Americans, Brazilian Germans etc., is because they are classified as expellees of ethnic German origin or the spouses or descendants of such people. According to the Federal Republic's Law of Return, this makes them eligible for repatriation. XerKibard

Official name of the republic

I also saw documents with the old-style Räterepublik instead of commonly used Sowjetrepublik. Maybe it would be worth putting it in--Czalex 21:27, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Independance

Why was this territory not given Independance after the colapse of the Soviet Union? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Theerasofwar (talk • contribs) 11:05, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mainly because the Volga German ASSR ceased to exist as a political entity after 1941. There was some discussion of reviving the ASSR and then converting it to a federal Republic within the Russian Federation, but the fact is that there are very few Volga Germans left in the region, and most Volga German descendants in other regions (e.g. Kazakhstan, Siberia, and the Far East) have little desire to move back. Rpine75 (talk) 18:37, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Volgaland here

The article volgaland has very similar content, so I'll merge it here under the more common name.

By the way, does anyone have any reliable source for the claims made at Volgaland#Volgaland? --Enric Naval (talk) 01:57, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind that, this was related to Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/House_of_Huenergardt --Enric Naval (talk) 00:59, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Size

How large was the Republic? 122.49.171.105 (talk) 02:28, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

According to the Russian Wikipedia article, the area was 28,200 square kilometres (10,900 sq mi) as of December 1923. Unfortunately, that number is unsourced, but it looks reasonable.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); January 18, 2011; 17:23 (UTC)

Russian encyclopedia 28,4 тыс. кm Валко (talk) 15:57, 21 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Date of creation

The sentence currently reads "The republic was created following the Russian Revolution, by October 29 (some claim 19th)"

This cannot be a "claim", but is simply the distinction between Old Style and New Style dates. October 29 1918 N.S. (Gregorian) is the same day as October 19 1918 O.S. (Julian). The Russian calendar was converted from O.S. to N.S. in 1918. Milkunderwood (talk) 00:45, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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