Tour Descriptions 2018

There are six tour combinations offered by Volga German Tours in 2018.

  • Tour A: May 18-27 (Volga German colonies)
  • Tour B: May 18-June 1 (Volga German colonies + Moscow & St. Petersburg)
  • Tour C: May 26-June 1 (Moscow & St. Petersburg)
  • Tour D: August 10-19 (Volga German colonies)
  • Tour E: August 10-24 (Volga German colonies + Moscow & St. Petersburg)
  • Tour F: August 18-24 (Moscow & St. Petersburg)

The daily schedule of each visit to the former colonies will be set based upon which colonies are of interest to those participating.  The colony tours will visit the colonies of Katharinenstadt and Zürich. The following colonies could be included, depending upon who signs up for each tour:

Anton, Balzer, Bangert, Basel, Bauer, Beauregard, Beideck, Bettinger, Brabander, Degott (abandoned), Dehler, Dietel, Dinkel, Dobrinka, Dönhof, Dreispitz, Enders, Ernestinendorf, Fischer, Frank, Franzosen, Galka, Göbel, Graf, Grimm, Herzog, Hildmann, Hockerberg, Holstein, Hölzel (flooded), Huck, Hussaren, Hussenbach, Jost (abandoned), Kamenka, Kautz (abandoned), Kind, Kolb, Kraft, Krasnoyar, Kratzke, Kukkus, Kutter, Merkel, Laub, Lauwe, Leitsinger (flooded), Louis, Mariental, Meinhard, Merkel, Messer, Moor, Neu-Straub, Nieder-Monjou, Norka, Ober-Monjou, Orlovskaya, Paulskaya, Pfeifer, Pobochnaya, Preuss (flooded), Reinhard, Reinwald, Rohleder, Rosenheim, Rothammel (abandoned), Schäfer, Schaffhausen, Schilling, Schönchen (abandoned), Schuck (abandoned), Schwab, Schwed, Seelmann, Sewald (abandoned), Shcherbakovka, Stahl am Karaman, Stahl am Tarlyk (flooded), Stephan, Straub, Susannental, Walter, Warenburg, Wittmann, Yagodnaya Polyana.

If you’re interested in visiting another of the former colonies, please contact Dr. Mai (brentmai@volgagermantours.com), and we’ll see if we can work it into the schedule.

Additional details can be found under the link to Cost/Payment.