Peskovka, Volgograd Oblast Explained

Official Name:Peskovka
Native Name:Песковка
Settlement Type:Selo
Pushpin Map:Russia Volgograd Oblast#Russia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Russia
Subdivision Name1:Volgograd Oblast
Subdivision Name3:Zhirnovsky District
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Utc Offset1:+4:00
Coordinates:51.0683°N 44.9589°W[1]

Peskovka (Russian: Песковка) is a rural locality (a selo) in the, Zhirnovsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia.

It was formerly a Volga German colony in Russia, named Peskovatka, established in 1767, 90 km south-west of the regional center of Saratov.[2] While the Russian administration named the colony Peskovatka (after the nearby stream), the German people residing there called their colony Kolb, after the first "Vorsteher" (administrative leader) of the colony, Andreas Kolb, who was from Hessenberg.[3] [4]

On August 28, 1941, the Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet on the resettlement of Germans living in the Volga region was issued and the German population was deported to Siberia. The village of Peskovatka was later renamed Peskovka.

Notes and References

  1. https://mapdata.ru/volgogradskaya-oblast/zhirnovskiy-rayon/selo-aleshniki/ Село Алешники на карте
  2. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Peskovka,+Volgograd+Oblast,+Russia,+403777/@51.069063,44.9423806,3124m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x411441278f7ac425:0xc5a82ac27dfcbe0d!8m2!3d51.06835!4d44.9596592 Peskovka, Volgograd Oblast, Russia
  3. Web site: Drake. Linda. Brief history of German's from Russia and Rutt family history. History Harvest. History Harvest. 28 September 2016.
  4. Book: Plehve. Igor. The Volga Germans of Kolb - Peskovatka. Saratov State University. Saratov, Russia.