“We’re not Russians! Never let anyone label us that way. Just because a chicken lays an egg in an oven, that doesn’t make the egg a biscuit.” I remember hearing those words as a child. My mother went ...

For Jacob and Mary Eichhorn of Midland, a 10-year labor of love has resulted in a painstakingly detailed, landmark reference book - a treasure trove for historians and for those seeking certain ...

Mike Brown, a University of Wyoming professor of communication and journalism, recently returned from a trip to Kazakhstan where he was searching for evidence of a group of Russian Germans — known as ...

From 1764 to 1767, 23,000 Germans emigrated to a small area of Russia along the Volga River at the behest of Russia’s German-born princess, Catherine the Great. A total of 104 colonies were founded ...

The American Historical Society of Germans from Russia was founded in 1968, headquartered in Colorado. It relocated to Lincoln in 1973. On Feb. 4, 1977, the Panhandle chapter was chartered, providing ...

When seven tired travelers ended their journey at the Sheboygan railroad depot in 1892, there was no fanfare. Like other immigrants before them, those three men, three women and a boy from half a ...

Until he started at Grant High School, Jerry Schleining thought everyone grew up with cousins, uncles, aunts and both sets of grandparents within four blocks of home. Steve Schreiber, who grew up near ...

This week in Chef Chat, we take a bit of a detour to explore the culinary and cultural traditions of Volga Germans with Rebecca Nab Young, the Phoenix-based author of a new cookbook, There is Always ...

The Brown Bag Lunch event was held in the Harold Rollin Memorial Community Room at the Fort Morgan Public Library on Tuesday. Though featured speaker, Evelyn Columbia, was out sick the show went on ...

in Northeast Portland on Wednesday, Sept. 28. The program is titled "From the Russian Steppe to the Pacific Northwest: The Germans from Russia in Portland, Oregon." The video and slideshow is from 7 ...