Volga German descendants in Argentina Patagonia mistakingly called Russians

They are known as Russians or “Volga Germans” and are scattered throughout numerous colonies in the interior of Argentina. Patagonia came to the protagonists of a little known episode because it is part of the history of the defeated. is part of the history of the defeated.
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Driver’s license of Peter Brum migrated from the Volga German

An estimated two million inhabitants, 40 having Argentina, are descendants of “Volga Germans”. Many of them know little about their origins and do not question the contradiction of being German and the Volga. But it must be understood in a context where, as Michael says Bercini, a resident of El Carmen, “anyone with white skin, blonde hair and blue eyes is Russian for us. My brother is well and call him ‘The Russian’ Bercini “.This story begins in 1762 in a Europe exhausted by war and to Catherine II the Great, of German origin, inheriting the throne of Russia. A year later the Tsarina issues a manifesto inviting German Christians to colonize the lowlands of the Volga River in extraordinary conditions: religious liberty, Read Article