Encyclopedia - History Of Germans In Russia And The Soviet Union: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Germans In Russia And The Soviet Union - Germans In Central Russia And Ukraine
The earliest German settlement in Russia dates back to the reign of Vasili III in the 16th century. A handful of German and Dutch craftsm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Exodus From Eastern Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - German Exodus From Eastern Europe - Nazi-soviet Population Transfers
Main article: Nazi-Soviet population transfers. Following the Nazi-Soviet pact, Soviet leader Josef Stalin permitted the departure of Ger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baltic German: Encyclopedia Ii - Baltic German - History
Baltic German - Middle Ages. Ethnic proto-Germans began to settle in the Baltic region in the 12th century when traders and missionarie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baltic German: Encyclopedia Ii - Baltic German - Territories
In Baltic German settlement patterns, the Baltic area consisted of the following territories: Estland (Latin: Estonia), roughly the nort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Exodus From Eastern Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - German Exodus From Eastern Europe - Emigration Of Germans From Eastern Europe
Main article: Emigration of Germans from Eastern Europe. Between 1950 and 1990, 1.4 million people emigrated from Poland to Germany claim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Exodus From Eastern Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - German Exodus From Eastern Europe - Expulsion
Main article: Expulsion of Germans after World War II. The remaining ethnic German residents, some of whom had become German citizens dur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Exodus From Eastern Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - German Exodus From Eastern Europe - Evacuation
Main article: World War II evacuation and expulsion. Late towards the end of the war German authorities ordered the evacuation of areas c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prussia: Encyclopedia Ii - Prussia - The End Of Prussia
The Prussian junkers and generals dominated the conduct of World War I, so when it ended in defeat in 1918 they had to accept responsibil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prussia: Encyclopedia Ii - Prussia - Kingdom Of Prussia
In 1701 Brandenburg-Prussia became the Kingdom of Prussia under Frederick I, with the permission of the Holy Roman Emperor and Polish Kin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prussia: Encyclopedia Ii - Prussia - Imperial Prussia
In 1862 Prussian King William I appointed Otto von Bismarck as Prime Minister of Prussia. Bismarck was determined to defeat both the libe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prussia: Encyclopedia Ii - Prussia - Early History
In 1226 Conrad of Mazovia invited a German order of crusading knights, the Order of the Teutonic Knights from Transylvania to conquer the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prussia: Encyclopedia Ii - Prussia - Geography
Prussia began its existence as a small territory in what is now northern Poland and the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia. The region was spa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prussia: Encyclopedia Ii - Prussia - Early History
In 1226 Conrad of Mazovia invited a German order of crusading knights, the Order of the Teutonic Knights from Transylvania to conquer the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Germans In Russia And The Soviet Union: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Germans In Russia And The Soviet Union - Germans In The Baltics
See also Baltic German The German presence on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea dates back to the Middle Ages when traders and mission...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Germans In Russia And The Soviet Union: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Germans In Russia And The Soviet Union - Decline Of The Russian Germans
The decline of the Russian German community started with the reforms of Alexander III. In 1871, he repealed the open door immigration pol...   » Read the article