[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] German settlement in Orel province, Russia

[Howard Krushel]

Some very good points, Dick; the economic factors that were in play as well
as the political; their land contracts perhaps were expiring and would not
be renewed; Eigentum or the prohibition to land ownership, too caused stress
for our relatives.......all political in nature. And then in further
checking I found where Pastor Ernst Althausen, Pastor of the Tutschin and
Rowno parish in Volhynia from 1888 to 1908, was a brother to Alexander
Althausen who was the resident Pastor of the Orel Parish from 1883 until
1931; and one can't help but think that this could have factored in as
another reason for settlers moving into Orel after 1888.
Howard Krushel

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Benert [mailto:benovich at imt.net] 
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 12:07 PM
To: Howard Krushel; ejadam at yahoo.com; 'SGGEE'
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] German settlement in Orel province,
Russia

Howard's response to Edie is excellent.  I would only add a tidbit I found 
in reading (in response to Edie's question) a few pages in Mikhail Kostiuk's

book, Die Deutschen Kolonien in Wolhynien.  In addition to factors mentioned

by Howard, Kostiuk lays stress on the purely economic motive for moving east

from Volhynia.  He thinks that many who carved small farms out of the swamps

and woods of Volhynnia did it chiefly to earn enough money by selling the 
place to buy larger plots wherever they could find them.  Sometimes the 
government offered tax breaks for doing this (southern Ukraine), or land 
might be cheaper than in Volhynia (1890 is Chernigov and Poltava).  In 
Siberia, 50 dessiatine plots were available, etc.  For those that have the 
book, this is on pp. 40-41.

Dick Benert