Volga Germans

It is significant due to the fact that Germany slaughtered so many Russian soldiers, around 170,000 soldiers died, versus only 10,000 German soldiers (The Battle of Tannenberg). This causes Russia to want immense revenge on Germany, that’s the reason for Russia coming into the Second World

Mankind has always aspired to be the largest, biggest, strongest, highest, essentially the best in everything. This is not untrue for the Russians who have had the largest country in the world for quite some time now. Russia covers one-sixth of the entire world’s land mass and has had a significant part in modern history. However, in order to understand why a country has become what it is now, one must look at its culture. A country’s culture not only reflects its citizens now but also its history and future.

After a series of battles which established Catherine as an adequate ruler, the empire gained around 190,000 - 200,00 square miles of territory (“Internet History Sourcebooks” ; “Catherine II”). After these three partitions and fights, she gained Lithuania, Ukraine, and Courlan, plus some of Prussia and Austria (“Catherine II”). This established Russia as a sizable territory, which made it a good ally and horrible enemy (“An English Ambassador”). One could say that this large expansion is a key success of leadership; as all empires may be threatened, to be respected by others is infinitely important. These expansions also stretched its land far into central Europe (“An English Ambassador”), and thus made it recognized as a European power. Before this, Russia was thought to be mainly dull and far away; this brought Russia to Europe’s attention, which it has not left since. Thus, Russia in forever in debt to Catherine for doing this, as it was a highly commendable deed in leadership

Russia before Peter the Great was disconnected from Europe and did not have the technology that the rest of the world had. This position was largely caused by the Mongol invasion of Russia around the 14th century. However, before the Mongol rule, the city-states of Kievan Rus predominated the region. This settlement was established when the Vikings began migrating from Scandinavia to the Black Sea, merging with the East Slavic people. Soon after the creation of Kievan Rus, they converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, and began trade with the Byzantine Empire. About 250 years later, the Golden Horde began controlling Russia, cutting it off from the rest of the Europe. When the Russians finally broke free from Mongol rule around the 15th

Russia emerged as a significant power during the 1500s through war. It fought its neighbors and expanded its territory aimlessly. Ivan the Terrible’s expansion brought him into contact with both Western Europe and the Ottoman Empire. Aiming to gain a port and outlet to the Baltic,

Some German immigrants lended a hand to the Texans, helping them with the battles in the Texas Revolution. They fought at the Battle of San Jacinto, died defending the Alamo, some escaped and were the survivors of the Goliad Massacre, and one German even signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. Since many German immigrants had settled here, they passed laws in German including English as well. The Germans had quite a big impact on

Germans settled in cities near Central Texas such as Galveston, New Braunfels, and Victoria. In the present day New Braunfels live many Germans who work as farmers, tourist guide, and more. A German called Prince Carl of sloms-branfels founded New Braunfels. The Adelsverein organized hundreds of people in Germany to settle in Texas. Immigrants from Germany began arriving at Galveston in July 1844. By 1930, 36 percent of Texas was made of Germans according to the U.S. Census

Germans were the largest European group who settled in Kansas. German heritage can be seen in many town names in Kansas. Most German immigrants directly from Germany. Some did not, they also came from other countries such as Russia, Switzerland, Austria, and other parts of the U.S.

Germany was, relatively speaking, a new nation; new as a single nation. Russian contributions to music and dance were new; they did not date back centuries like in England, France, Germany and Italy. Politically, Germany found herself in a similar situation. She was new and wanted to make her place among the great powers; she saw herself as the innovator, a progressive spirit, as opposed to wearied France and conservative Britain.

The Mongols ruled over one of the largest contiguous empires in human history. At the western end of this empire were the Russian states, which succumbed to the Mongol invasion in the mid 13th century and were ruled by the Mongols until the mid 15th century. During this time, the Mongols left an indelible mark on Russian culture and cuisine, a mark that can be seen to this day. The impact that the Mongols had on Russian culture includes the tax system used by the Tsars, the spices and ingredients used in Russian food, and many of the words found in the Russian language to this day.

Once leaving Russia and coming to North America the Mennonites were “ Swiss and German Mennonites settling in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Kansas lived on isolated

Germany, a country rich in culture and heritage, yet plagued by the fallout of World War I and World War II, has progressed to become the centerpiece of the European Union and the world’s third richest economy. The first German Empire dates back to the Roman Empire starting in the 8th century AD. During the Middle Ages the German Empire fended off many attacks against their soil from the Hungarians and the Slavs. Fighting and power struggles continued until the 1400’s, when the modern world gradually came into existence with intellectual, economic and political changes.

¨Pereme-what? That is the weirdest and longest last name i've ever heard of! Where do people get last names like that?¨ My answer? Well, my grandfather is from Siberia, but my family just consider ourselves Russian. Actually not long ago my dad had told me about a city in Russia called Peremyshl, my great great grandparents, as I was told, are from there, Peremyshl is in the Kaluga Oblast near Moscow. And because of my ethnic background, I go to my church's youth, our youth really likes to go and hang out at the park or go someplace else and play volleyball.

Catherine the Great was the German wife of Peter III. She corresponded actively with Voltaire and other prominent eighteenth-century thinkers, and paid lip service to their liberal ideas; but she did little to reform or modernize Russia. She introduced such western ideas as pleased her, at the same time increasing Russian autocracy and military power. In addition, she extended Russia's boundaries southward and westward. Catherine joined with Austria and Prussia in three partitions that completely eliminated independent Poland.

Russia 's history began with that of the East Slavs, whom only emerged as their own distinct group in Europe somewhere between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior and his descendants, the medieval state