Where is village xyz on a current map of Russia?
Many German villages no longer appear on present-day maps of Russia, as most were destroyed as a result of the 1941 deportation of the German populations in Russia to work camps in Siberia and Middle Asia. Those villages that were not destroyed either deteriorated with time or were resettled by non-German populations. Due to the many changes that have taken place in Russia this century, these villages seldom appear as they did when inhabited by their German populations. However, we have a number of maps and map indexes which indicate the German settlements in Russia and their (former) location, as well as a number of maps for specific villages that depict the village layout, occasionally listing surnames of former inhabitants. See our maps available for purchase.
