Josephstal, Russia

Germans from Russia

Josephstal, Russia which is now the Ukraine just taken over by Russia. Some of the Germans from Russia lived in this area. The lived in German villages and did not integrate with the Russians. Plots of their villages which gives the names of the people who lived there can be found in Joseph S. Height's book called Paradise on the Steppe which also tells of what life was like for the Germans in Russia during the 18th Century.