Maps | Center for Volga German Studies

The Center for Volga German Studies holds a large collection of maps. Please contact us with your requests at cvgs@cu-portland.edu.

Map Collection By Country:

Volga settlement area — A map published in 1765 titled "A most accurate map of those parts of the Astracan government upon the river Wolga where in the new colonies are settled, taken from original drawings & observations made in a late survey of those countries". Source: BnF Gallica.

CVGS Resources

Germans from Russia Settlement Locations (Sandy Schilling Payne)

Germans from Russia Settlement Locations Map Tutorial (YouTube)

David Rumsey Map Collection

Meyers Gazetteer (Places in the German Empire 1871-1918)