Events from the year 1766 in Russia. Russian Theatre was founded. Assembly of the Nobility was founded. [1] Gorodetsk was renamed to Bezhetsk. [2] Catherine the Great started educational reforms. [3] Gatchina Palace started construction. [4] Leonhard Euler returned to the St. Petersburg Academy. [5] Sterlitamak was founded.

The Vologda was a Russian pink under the command of Sergey Bartenyev. The ship arrived in Kronstadt on July 28, 1766, carrying 277 colonists, including over 50 people who were members of households that would later settle in Norka. The …

On this day, 1 July, six Volga Mother colonies were founded, one in 1766 and five in 1767. Location of the Volga colony Moor. Moor was founded as a Lutheran Reformed colony. A Baptist parish was formed in 1885 by a preacher from Volhynia.

Jan 31, 2021 · The colonists who settled in the Volga German villages in 1767 had arrived in Russia during the previous year. As the colonists arrived at the port of Oranienbaum (now Lomonosov) in 1766, lists were made by Titular Counselor Ivan Kulberg.

History of Russia (1721–96) is the history of Russia during the Era of Russian palace revolutions and the Age of Catherine the Great. It began with creation of Russian Empire in 1721, the rule of Catherine I in 1725, and ended with the short rule of Peter III of Russia.

Aug 26, 2024 · The record registering Johann Wilhelm and Anna Eva Schreiber in the colony of Norka (Household 135) as part of the 1767 Russian Census Revision. This census is commonly referred to as the "First Settler's List."

Nov 19, 2023 · By mid-1766, there was significant pressure to halt Russian migration. In a letter dated May 17, 1766, Prince A.V. Golitsyn insisted that Catharine II stop the recruitment of colonists to protect relationships with the various German states.

Dec 7, 2023 · From April to October 1766, nearly 24,000 colonists arrived in Russia from Lübeck. This amounted to over 74 percent of the colonists arriving in Russia between 1763 and 1772. Most of the colonists that settled in Norka arrived in Russia during July and August.

Dec 7, 2023 · The transport groups were led by Russian military officers who would escort them to the settlement sites on the lower Volga River near the frontier fortress town of Saratov. The transport groups were formed, considering family kinships, friendships, and religious faith.

Jan 6, 2022 · From Kronstadt, the colonists were sent by oared boats, manned by Russian sailors, to Oranienbaum (now Lomonosov) on the mainland. Upon arrival in Oranienbaum, a Russian official named Ivan Kulberg made lists of the …