Husaren

Husaren (also: Gusarskij, Hasary, Ilshanka, Jelschanka, Yelshanka). 50º44' N 45º27' E.

Founded: 13 June 1765 by the Government.

Denomination: Roman Catholic.

Population: 39 (1765), 95 (1767), 102 (1769), 123 (1773), 137 (1788), 195 (1798), 2231 (1912), 1519 (1926).

Read an excerpt from Anton Bayr's book Forgotten Lives, published Waldemar Weber Verlag, Augsburg in 2005.

The excerpt tells the story of a Volga German deported from Husaren in September 1941.