German emigrants in the east
Table of Contents
●Vocabulary●Timeline●Catharina the Great●Picture of Katharina II.●Reasons to go to Russia●Emigrants I●Emigrants II●I. and II. Worl War●Return to Germany●Emigrant to Germany●Wilhelm Küchelbecker●Today●Sources
Vocabulary● Settlements – some people who live in different
houses together● Empress – female ruler of the country● Spread her reign - make her country bigger● Significant contribution – important addition● Craftsman- another word for a person who works
with his hands● Crimean war- a war in the Eurasian area
Timeline● 1763: Catherine the Great began to colonize Russia
● 1764-1767: Frirst German emigrants came to Russia
● 1764-1773: Establishment of 104 German colonies
● 1853- 1856: Crimean War, German colonists helped Russia to fight against Turkey. They made a significant contrubution to the economic deveploment of Russian Germans.
● 1874: Germans had to do their duty in the Russian army
● 1887: Russans wanted their country back and for themselves
● 1897: there were about 1 million emigrants
● 1914-1918: World War I
● 1939-1945: World War II
Catherine the Great
● born 1729 in Stettin
● Empress, duchess from Russia
● She was a young princess
● Came from Germany
● She wanted to spread her reign
● She called German immigrant worker to work for her in Russia
● She offered them religious freedom, free land and liberation from millitary service
● Died 17th november 1796 in Sankt Petersburg
Picture of Catherine the Great
The reasons to go to Russia
● They wanted to work● They wanted to earn money for their families● They wanted to have better lives
Emigrants I.
● There were millions of emigrants in Russia● They were all German● Worked for Catherine the Great as:● Farmers and craftsmen● Catherine wanted to colonize Russia● They wanted to have better lives
Emigrants II.
● Problems:● Language● They forget their● memories of the old way of● life and started a new life● Bad conditions
Word War I and II● 1st August 1914 the first World War began
● Russia and Germany were enemies
● Some of the German people who lived in
● Russia had to fight in the war
● 22nd of June 1941 Nazi Germany attacked Russia (Soviet Union)
● The German people had to go Siberia because the Soviet people took revenge for the attack
● Men and women had to work in camps
Return to Germany
● After the end of the Soviet Union in 1991, the remigration began
● They sold their houses and cars● They went back to Germany
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Emigrants to Germany
● 1950 – 2000, 4.12 millions people came to Germany
● Reasons:● National, political, economic reasons● Some of them had families in Germany
Wilhelm Küchelbecker
● Born on 21st Juny 1797 in St. Petersburg● Was a poet● His works:“ The fate of Russian poets“● and was very famous● His family was German● Died on 23rd August 1846
Today
● Some of the Russian people go to Germany, for work and a new home
Sources
● Sources from the internet
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