At the time, Catherine the Great invited Russia to the European colonists to populate the outskirts of the empire . Came not only the Germans , but also Swiss, Dutch , Danes, Scots, bavyrtsy Czechs . But all of them called Russian Germans. In what is now the Saratov region were many German colonies. After the revolution, on the left bank of the Volga (Saratov is located on the right ) was formed of the Volga Germans . During World War II, a republic was abolished, and the Germans were evicted mostly in Kazakhstan . After the war, they gradually returned , and despite the fact that some of them went to Germany , now Saratov Germans more than the Russian average .
At the time, Catherine the Great invited Russia to the European colonists to populate the outskirts of the empire . Came not only the Germans , but also Swiss, Dutch , Danes, Scots, bavyrtsy Czechs . But all of them called Russian Germans. In what is now the Saratov region were many German colonies. After the revolution, on the left bank of the Volga (Saratov is located on the right ) was formed of the Volga Germans . During World War II, a republic was abolished, and the Germans were evicted mostly in Kazakhstan . After the war, they gradually returned , and despite the fact that some of them went to Germany , now Saratov Germans more than the Russian average .
Onni Gideon was born on April 7, 1921, in Balashov, Saratov Governorate, Russian SFSR [now Saratov Oblast, Russia].
Lev Kassil was born on July 10, 1905, in Pokrovskaya sloboda, Saratov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Engels, Saratov Oblast, Russia].
Sergei Plotnikov was born on February 3, 1909, in Saratov, Russia.
Leonid Aristov was born on April 12, 1919, in Saratov, Russia.
Stepan Kayukov was born on July 20, 1898, in Saratov, Russia.
Konstantin Fedin was born on February 24, 1892, in Saratov, Russia.
Vitali Doronin was born on November 13, 1909, in Saratov, Russia.
Vladimir Aukstikalnis was born on May 29, 1933, in Saratov, Russia.
Andrew Chernakov was born on September 25, 1969, in Saratov, Russia.
Mariya Yarotskaya was born on October 29, 1883, in Saratov, Russia.
Vladimir Vengerov was born on January 11, 1920, in Saratov, Russia.