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German emigrants in the east

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.

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German emigrants in the east

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  1. German emigrants in the east

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Picture of Catherine the Great

  7. The reasons to go to Russia They wanted to work They wanted to earn money for their families They wanted to have better lives

  8. 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

  9. Emigrants II. Problems: Language They forget their memories of the old way of life and started a new life Bad conditions

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Emigrants to Germany 1950 – 2000, 4.12 millions people came to Germany Reasons: National, political, economic reasons Some of them had families in Germany

  13. 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

  14. Today Some of the Russian people go to Germany, for work and a new home

  15. Sources Sources from the internet

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