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Kukkus

Kukkus (also: Neubrabant, Neu-Brabant, Privolzhskoye, Volskaya, Volskoye, Wolskoje).

51º05' N 45º47' E.

Founded: 26 June 1767 by LeRoy & Pictet.

Denomination: Lutheran.

 

Population:

187 (1767)

167 (1769)

181 (1773)

324 (1798)

3,796 (1912)

2,459 (1926)

 

Pastors:

1836-1840 Peter August Pundani

1840-? Ernst Wilhelm David

1854-1900 Johannes Wilhelm Michael Allendorf

1902-1930 Johannes Erbes

1929-1931 Otto Heinrich Harff

 

Sources:

Die Kirchen und das Religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen, Evangelischer Teil, by Joseph Schnurr.

Kukkus Church

Photograph of the Kukkus Church

Peter Reitz Visits Kukkus in May 2007