Kolb
Names
Kolb, Peskovatka, Peskovka, Peskowatka
Location
51º04' N 44º59' E
History
Kolb was founded on 13 May 1767 by the Government as a Lutheran colony.
Church
In the early years, Kolb was part of the Frank parish.
Pastors
1768-1770 Johann Friedrich Mittelstädt
1771-1776 Johann Friedrich Heitzig
1778-1782 Laurentius Ahlbaum
1872-1786 Samuel Traugott Büttner
1788-1817 Franz August Flittner
1771-1776 Johann Friedrich Heitzig
1778-1782 Laurentius Ahlbaum
1872-1786 Samuel Traugott Büttner
1788-1817 Franz August Flittner
Population
Year |
Households |
Population |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Total |
Male |
Female |
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| 1767 | 32 |
88 |
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| 1769 | 23 |
107 |
62 |
45 |
| 1773 | 31 |
143 |
83 |
60 |
| 1788 | 39 |
240 |
133 |
107 |
| 1798 | 52 |
357 |
187 |
170 |
| 1816 | 60 |
567 |
276 |
291 |
| 1834 | 109 |
950 |
502 |
448 |
| 1850 | 124 |
1,531 |
769 |
762 |
| 1857 | 183 |
1,885 |
943 |
942 |
| 1859 | 174 |
1,887 |
945 |
942 |
| 1883 | 2,559 |
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| 1891 | ||||
| 1894 | ||||
| 1897 | 2,721 |
1,334 |
1,387 |
|
| 1905 | 2,722 |
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| 1911 | 2,581 |
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| 1912 | 3,800 |
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| 1920 | 354 |
2,613 |
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| 1922 | 2,575 |
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| 1923 | 2,669 |
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| 1926 | 469 |
2956* |
1,443 |
1,513 |
| 1931 | 3,054** |
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**Of whom 3,053 were German.
Sources:
- Beratz, Gottieb. The German colonies on the Lower Volga, their origin and early development: a memorial for the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first German settlers on the Volga, 29 June 1764. Translated by Adam Giesinger (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1991): 350.
- Diesendorf, V.F. Die Deutschen Russlands : Siedlungen und Siedlungsgebiete : Lexicon. Moscow, 2006.
- Dietz, Jacob E. History of the Volga German Colonists. Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 2005.
- Klaus, A.A. Our Colonies. Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1869.
- Minkh, A.N. Historical and Geographical Dictionary of the Saratov Province. Saratov, Russia, 1898.
- Orlov, Gregorii. Report of Conditions of Settlements on the Volga to Catherine II, 14 February 1769.
- Pleve, Igor R. The German Colonies on the Volga: The Second Half of the Eighteenth Century, translated by Richard Rye (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 2001): 318.
- "Settlements in the 1897 Census." Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (Winter, 1990): 18.
- Beratz, Gottieb. The German colonies on the Lower Volga, their origin and early development: a memorial for the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first German settlers on the Volga, 29 June 1764. Translated by Adam Giesinger (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1991): 350.
- Diesendorf, V.F. Die Deutschen Russlands : Siedlungen und Siedlungsgebiete : Lexicon. Moscow, 2006.
- Dietz, Jacob E. History of the Volga German Colonists. Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 2005.
- Klaus, A.A. Our Colonies. Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1869.
- Minkh, A.N. Historical and Geographical Dictionary of the Saratov Province. Saratov, Russia, 1898.
- Orlov, Gregorii. Report of Conditions of Settlements on the Volga to Catherine II, 14 February 1769.
- Pleve, Igor R. The German Colonies on the Volga: The Second Half of the Eighteenth Century, translated by Richard Rye (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 2001): 318.
- "Settlements in the 1897 Census." Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (Winter, 1990): 18.
External Links
Last updated 31 May 2013.
Map showing Kolb (1935).
Former "wooden" school in Kolb.
Source: Vladimir Krainev (2007)
at Wolgadeutsche.net.
Former "red" school in Kolb.
Source: Vladimir Krainev (2007)
at Wolgadeutsche.net.