The North Star Chapter of Minnesota is an organization dedicated to preserving the Germans from Russia Heritage. The Germans from Russia are a unique people who emigrated from South Russia to the United States and Canada in the later part of the 19th Century. They settled in areas from Oklahoma to North Dakota in the United States and also immigrated to Saskatchewan and Alberta in Canada. More information is available through the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (AHSGR) and the Germans from Russia Heritage Society (GRHS). Links to each society's website can be found in the Membership section in this website.
Much history including wars and oppression waged by the leaders that followed Czarina Catherine and turmoil within Russia, motivated many to immigrate to North and South America. Those in North America settled from Kansas to North Dakota and also into Colorado. Descendants of Germans from Russia can also be found in other states including Ohio, Wisconsin, Washington and California. Others did stay in Russia and an estimated two million of German ethnic origin remain in the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) today. |
Welcome
The chapter, like its national societies AHSGR and GRHS, invites you to join us and experience an event. This can provide opportunity to see for yourself and make your own decision about us as a chapter. Please join us! Click on Membership in the menu to find out more.
Other Sites of Interest
an independent Virtual Group specifically for Black Sea Heritage
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GRHC, NDSU Libraries, Fargo, ND
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there's also a link in the heading above the Search box
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