Johannesdorf (North Caucasus)
Includes the following communities:
Johannesdorf (North Caucasus)
Molotschnoje (North Caucasus)
Molochnoye (North Caucasus)
Molochnyy, Stavropol Krai, Russia
Molochnaya (North Caucasus)
History:
The colony of Johannesdorf was founded in 1847 by ethnic Germans resettling from the Volga colonies.
Today, what remains of the former colony of Johannesdorf is known as Molochnyy.
Volga German Families:
The following Volga German families settled in Johannesdorf:
Margheim from Merkel
Ortner from Dietel
Schilling from Hussenbach
Tittel from Hussenbach
Volga Colonies:
Sources:
- Giesinger, Adam. From Catherine to Khruschev (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1974): 135.