[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army

[Gary Warner]

Jane,

My guess is that the village you note below is really
Michajlowka (Michalowka/Mikhailivka), Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Russian Empire 
(Ukraine).  
If so, that village is a few kilometers west of Zhitomir.

If that is the village, would you mind telling me what family names of 
yours are associated with that village, as my family had ties to that 
village.

Just to add to the conversation about the Russian Army draft, my 
grandfather was drafted into the Russian Army in about 1888.   As the 
family story goes, at the end of 5 years, the way it was determined who 
got out of the army was by drawing straws.    I  assume that my 
grandfather drew the correct straw, as he got out and pretty quickly 
left for Canada.

Gary Warner
Gig Harbor, WA

Jane Wilkens wrote:
> My great grandfather emigrated from Volhynia in about 1896, taking a  
> ship in May of that year.  I'm not 100% sure where he was living but  
> my grandmother was born in the village of Michailoska in Kreiz  
> Zhitomir in 1894.  According to family stories, he was about to be  
> drafted into an army and so left for America to escape this draft.   
> I'm curious if Germans were subject to a draft (and what army?) while  
> living in Volhynia around that time.  Anyone know?
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