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History > Ship Transport to Kronstadt, Russia in 1766

Ship Transport to Kronstadt, Russia in 1766

In the spring and early summer of 1766, the colonists were formed into transport groups at the recruiting centers such as Büdingen. From there, they traveled to the old Hanseatic port of Lübeck where they prepared for a sea voyage across the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Finland to their new homeland in Russia. Lübeck was at the heart of the old Hanseatic League (Hansa) which had been organized there in 1159. The Hansa served as a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Northwestern and Central Europe. Sailing from Lübeck, the first point of arrival in Russia was the island fortress at Kronstadt, which stood in defense of the capital city of Saint Petersburg. Ironically, Kronstadt is a German word meaning Crown City. 
Baltic Sea Map
Map of The North Sea and the Baltic by George Philip & Son, Ltd., London, 1905. Source: David Rumsey Map Collection. Red arrows were added to indicate the departure location of Lübeck and place of ship arrivals at the island of Kronstadt near St. Petersburg.
The first colonist ship, Der Kleine Andreas, arrived at Kronstadt on April 29th. The last ship, the Vologda, arrived on October 15th. A full chronology of ship arrivals at Kronstadt is provided in the book titled Auswanderung deutsche Kolonisten nach Russland im Jahre 1766 by Andreas Idt and Georg Rauschenbach (2019).

The Russian government initially planned to hire all of the transport ships through Lübeck shipping merchants. However, due to the strong response to Catherine's Manifesto, several Russian ships and two large English ships (the George and the Love and Unity) were also employed to carry colonists from Lübeck to Kronstadt. The two English ships carried about 20 percent of the colonists in 1766. These were merchant ships built primarily to carry cargo, not people. The duration of the voyage from Lübeck to Kronstadt ranged from two weeks to over a month depending on weather and other factors. Russian Admiralty documents show that some of the transport ships made an intermediate stop at either the city of Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia) or the city of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland). Five ships sailed from Lübeck to Reval in the spring of 1766. A small group of colonists (about 270) stayed in Reval and they later founded the German colonies near Jamburg, outside of St. Petersburg. In total, there were 90 ship arrivals in Kronstadt within a six-month period from April 29 to October 15, 1766. These ships carried nearly 24,000 people to their new homeland.

​Based on the book Chronicle of Wrecks and Fires of Ships of the Russian fleet 1713-1853, not a single Russian ship carrying colonists to Russia was wrecked during the sea journeys to Kronstadt in 1766. The two English ships likewise had no incidents during the transport of colonists.
Panoramic view of Kronstadt from above
Panoramic view of Kronstadt in 1853 from the David Rumsey online map collection. Oranienbaum is located on the mainland just out of view on the right side of this illustration. St. Petersburg (Pietroburgo) is in the upper right corner of the illustration at the east end of the Gulf of Finland.
On the island of Kronstadt, documents were reviewed and customs inspections were carried out. Under Article 6 of Catharine's Manifest of 1763 colonists were required to pay customs duties on goods with a value of more than 300 rubles per family that were intended to be sold in Russia. Most of the colonists had only modest personal belongs and nothing to declare. However, some colonists arrived with fabrics, tobacco, stockings, scarves and women's jewelry which did require the payment of duties.

When the immigration processing was complete, the colonists were ferried about 4 miles to Oranienbaum (now Lomonosov) on the mainland by six-oared boats, manned by Russian sailors. Oranienbaum was home to an Imperial Grand Palace where Catherine the Great spent some of her holidays. The name Oranienbaum is the German word for Orange Tree. Stories are told that Catherine greeted groups of colonists in their native tongue from the balcony of her palace.
Etching by Mikhail Makhayev of the Prospect of the Grand Palace in Oranienbaum circa 1756-61. This drawing shows the balcony of the palace and a ship anchored in the canal leading to the Gulf of Finland. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Etching by Mikhail Makhayev of the Prospect of the Grand Palace in Oranienbaum circa 1756-61. This drawing shows the balcony of the palace and a ship anchored in the canal leading to the Gulf of Finland. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Once on the mainland, the colonists were recorded on lists made under the supervision of Johann (Ivan) Kulberg, the Titular Counselor and Translator for the Office for the Guardianship of Foreign Settlers. Kulberg was assisted by Johann Brasche and Konrad Schmahl. The colonist ship arrival documents are commonly known as the "Kulberg Lists".

Temporary quarters for the new arrivals were provided in former military barracks at Oranienbaum. The colonists normally spent several weeks preparing for the next segment of their journey to the settlement area on the lower Volga.

Listed in the table below are 26 ships carrying colonists that founded the colony of Norka in August and September of 1767. The vast majority of the colonists that settled in Norka were aboard the Novaya Dvinka, Slon (Elephant) and Fortitudo, which all arrived in Kronstadt on July 19, 1766, and the Vologda, Strelna and Apollo which arrived on July 28th and 29th, 1766.
Arrival Date (Julian Calendar)
Ship Name (Translation)
Ship Type
Ship Commander
Total Colonists Aboard
Kulberg Document Nos.
No./90
31-May-1766
Die Vergoldete Weintraube (The Gilded Grape)
Galliot
Joachim Hermann Andersen
255
761-832
9
9-Jun-1766
Love and Unity
Kat
Thomas Fairfax
971/981
1600-1857
13
23-Jun-1766
Ne Tron Men (Don't Touch Me)
Packet boat
Emelyan Lozhnikov
47
2238-2253
26
17-Jul-1766
Lev
Pink
Fyodor Fyodorov
417
2315-2442
27
19-Jul-1766
Concordia
Galliot
Jacob Bauert
298/277
2580-2679
31
19-Jul-1766
Novaya Dvinka
Pink
Ivan Perepechin
308/283
3803-3895
36
19-Jul-1766
Kargopol (Cargo)
Pink
Moses Davydov
300/284
4116-4209
37
19-Jul-1766
Kronverk
Galliot
Dimitriy Ilyin
170/176
2714-2765
38
19-Jul-1766
Slon (Elephant)
Pink
Sergey Panov
398
3995-4115
39
19-Jul-1766
Kronstadt
Galliot
Samuel Gibbs
204
2841-2907
41
19-Jul-1766
Fortitudo (Fortitude)
Barque
John Scott
711/704
3600-3802
46
19-Jul-1766
Christina
Shnyava
Jacob Stappenberg
485
3078-3254
47
21-Jul-1766
Alette
Koff
Wybe Hendricks
326/325
3505-3599
50
22-Jul-1766
Der Ringerende Jacob (The Wrestler Jacob)
Galleass
Johann Heitmann
232/228
4089-4156
53
28-Jul-1766
Vologda
Pink
Sergey Bartenyev
277
4836-4924
55
28-Jul-1766
Strelna
Galliot
Login Vasiley Sornev
203
4925-5005
56
29-Jul-1766
Apollo
?
Friedrich Detleff Mörenberg
704
5006-5213
57
2-Aug-1766
Love and Unity
Kat
Thomas Fairfax
963
5273-5573
58
11-Aug-1766
Cyrus John
Packet boat
Gabriel Poddubsky
46
5574-5588
60
11-Aug-1766
Citadel
Galliot
​Grigory Bukharin
182/183
5214-5272
61
14-Aug-1766
Die Jungfer Frederika (The Maiden Frederika)
Gukor
Hans Christian Korsholm
255/256
5681-5763
62
15-Aug-1766
Diana
Galliot
Marcus Draguhn
255/256
5589-5680
63
16-Aug-1766
Die Frau Diederika (Mrs Diederika)
Galliot
Johann Joachim Luna
295/304
6043-6130
65
18-Aug-1766
Catharina Eleonora
Galliot
Peter Rehder
544
6398-6547
72
22-Aug-1766
Eva Maria
Galliot
Franz Christopher Schröder
403
6796-6942
74
26-Aug-1766
Die Jäger (The Hunter)
Shnyava
Gabriel Will
295
6779-6795
​6943-7032
76
Notes:

1. The data in the table above was extracted and translated from the book Auswanderung deutsche Kolonisten nach Russland im Jahre 1766 (Second edition-2019). The arrival dates, some ship and commander names differ from the book List of Colonists to Russia in 1766 by Igor Pleve. In many cases previously missing ship and commander names have been discovered. In some cases, reports vary as to the number of colonists aboard each ship. This table lists each reported number. The far right column indicates the arrival order based on the 90 ships disembarking colonists at Kronstadt in 1766. This new information is based upon recently discovered archival documents and is considered to be the most accurate.

2. Not all of the colonists listed in the 1767 census of Norka have been found in the Kulberg Lists from 1766. The estimated numbers of Norka colonists listed in the ship descriptions below will be updated when these "missing" colonists are documented in the Kulberg Lists.

Additional information about each ship arrival is presented below in alphabetical order:

Alette

The Alette arrived in Kronstadt on July 21, 1766 under the command of Wybe Hendricks. The ship was categorized as a Koff and carried about 325 colonists. Alette is girls name of Greek and Latin origin meaning "footloose" or "small winged one".

The only Norka family known to be aboard this ship was the household of Friedrich Jäger, public colonists from the Pfalz (Palatinate) region. Friederich died en route to the settlement area. His wife, Anna Elisabeth, and two children (Wilhelm and Johann Peter) arrived in Norka on August 15, 1767.
A koff depicted by P. Le Comte (1831). Source: Wikipedia - Public Domain.
A koff depicted by P. Le Comte (1831). Source: Wikipedia - Public Domain.

Apollo

The Apollo arrived in Kronstadt on July 29, 1766 and carried 704 total colonists. The Apollo was commanded by Friedrich Detleff Mörenberg. Unfortunately records do not indicate the type of ship. Given the number of colonists aboard, it may have been a barque similar to the Fortitudo.

​About 95 people that were members of households that later settled in Norka were aboard this arrival.

Catharina Eleonora

The Catharina Eleonora arrived at Kronstadt on August 18, 1766 under the command of Peter Rehder. The galliot carried 544 colonists. A galliot was a type of Dutch or German merchant ship of 20 to 400 tons (bm), similar to a ketch, with a rounded fore and aft like a fluyt. Galliots had nearly flat bottoms to sail in shallow waters. These ships were especially favored for coastal navigation in the North and Baltic seas. The galliot was the most common type of ship carrying colonists who later settled in Norka.

About 20 public colonists who were part of families that settled in Norka were aboard this ship.
Picture
Watercolor of a Russian galliot in 1784. Source: Steve Mayo, Sailing Ship Paintings website.

Christina

The Christina arrived at Kronstadt on July 19, 1766 under the command of Jacob Stappenberg with 485 colonists onboard. The ship is categorized as a shnyava (German: schnau or Dutch: snauw) which is a small sailing merchant or military vessel distributed from the second half of the XVII century to the end of the XIX century in northern Europe and Russia. The slurches had two masts with straight sails and a bushprit, a stackel and a clover. The average displacement of a schnyava was about 150 tons, with a length of 80-100 feet and a width of 20 to 26 feet.

About 15 people who were part of families that settled in Norka were aboard this ship.
Picture
Drawing of a shnyava. Source: unknown.

Citadel

The Russian galliot Citadel arrived at Kronstadt on July 29, 1766. Philipp Bollender, his wife Anna Margaretha and their three children: Johann Georg, Johannes and Magdalena were aboard this ship. Only Johannes, age 8, survived the year-long journey to Norka where he lived with Heinrich and Anna Maria Albrecht in 1767.

The Citadel was commanded by Grigory Ivanovich Bukharin. Bukharin was born on January 27, 1743. He graduated from The Naval Nobility Cadet Corps (1760-1764). From 1761 to 1765, he participated in annual campaigns on the Baltic Sea. Bukharin later fought in the Russian-Turkish War of 1768-1774. In 1783, Bukharin became Captain of the 1st rank and in 1789 received the rank of captain of the major-General rank. He was awarded the order of St. Vladimir of the 3rd degree in 1790. After a remarkable military career Bukharin died in 1796. Bukharin is an example of the high-level Russian naval officers who transported the colonists. These officers all spoke German after receiving training in the cadet corps. As a result, they were able to communicate with the colonists in their own language.

Concordia

The Concordia arrived at Kronstadt on July 19, 1766 under the command of Jacob Bauert. The galliot carried between 277 and 298 colonists. 

The only known Norka colonists on this ship were the Johannes Jacoby family from Isenburg. Johannes, a miller, did not survive the journey, but his wife Susanna and sons Philipp, Johann and Johannes arrived in Norka on August 15, 1767.

Cyrus John

The packet boat Cyrus John, commanded by Gabriel Poddubsky, arrived at Kronstadt on August 11, 1766 carrying 46 colonists.

Johann Conrad and Anna Maria Heffenider, were aboard this ship. They safely arrived in Norka on August 26, 1767.
An 1825 book plate depicting a typical packet boat. Source: Wikipedia.
An 1825 book plate depicting a typical packet boat. Source: Wikipedia.

Diana

Under the command of Marcus Draguhn, the galliot Diana arrived at Kronstadt on August 16, 1766 carrying about 255 colonists. Only one Norka settler, Johann Just Döring, a single Lutheran shoemaker from Stolberg, was aboard this ship. By the time of the Norka census in late 1767, Johann Just was married to Anna Margaretha (surname unknown).

​Die Frau Diederika

On August 16, 1766, the galliot Die Frau Diederika (The Mrs. Diederika) arrived at Kronstadt under the command of Johann Joachim Luna. The ship carried between 295 and 304 colonists.

Aboard this ship were members of the Wilhelm Köhler family that would later settle in Norka. Wilhelm's wife, Anna Maria, and son Conrad, died en route to the settlement area. It is unknown if his daughter Catharina, age 20, survived or also died en route. 

Die Jäger

One of the larger ships carrying 295 colonists, Die Jäger (The Hunter) was commanded by Gabriel Will. The ship is listed a shnyava (German: schnau) which is a small sailing merchant or military vessel distributed from the second half of the XVII century to the end of the XIX century in northern Europe and Russia. The slurches had two masts with straight sails and a bushprit, a stackel and a clover. The average displacement of the schnyava was about 150 tons, length 25-30 meters, width 6-8 meters.

The only Norka family known to be aboard this ship was Margaretha Schäfer, a widow from Isenburg, and her two sons Johann Heinrich and Johannes aged 10 1/2 and 2. Margaretha was recruited by the privateer Beauregard. Her younger son, Johannes, died before arriving at Norka.

​Die Jungfer Frederika

Under the command of Hans Christina Korsholm, Die Jungfer Frederika (The Maiden Frederika) arrived at Kronstadt on August 14, 1766. This vessel was a Gukor, a type of fishing ship used in the 18th century. This voyage carried about 255 colonists. 

Onboard this voyage was the Joseph Legue household (also Lechai, Letke or Lütke) who were Catholics from Lille, Flanders (now Lille, France). All four family members survived the journey to Norka. 
Model of a North Russian Gukor of the 18th century. Source: Wikipedia.
Model of a North Russian Gukor of the 18th century. Source: Wikipedia.

​Der Ringerende Jacob

On July 22, 1766 Der Ringerende Jacob​ (The Wrestler Jacob) commanded by Johann Heitmann arrived at Kronstadt. The galleass carried between 228 and 232 colonists. 

The Caspar Dietz family, Catholics from Pfalz (Palatinate), were aboard this ship. Both parents and two children died en route to the settlement area. Only six-year old Susanna Dietz survived the journey. On August 15, 1767 Susanne arrived in Norka with Johannes and Magdalena Milling. The Millings arrived in Russia aboard the Vologda on July 28th.
Model of a Swedish galleass. Source: Wikimedia Commons in cooperation with the Swedish National Maritime Museums.
Model of a Swedish galleass. Source: Wikimedia Commons in cooperation with the Swedish National Maritime Museums.

Die Vergoldete Weintraube

Die Vergoldete Weintraube (The Gilded Grape) arrived at Kronstadt on May 5, 1766. The galliot, commanded by Joachim Hermann Andersen, carried 255 colonists and was the first ship to deliver people that would later settle in Norka. 

Onboard this ship was Friedrich and Catharina Haller who were Catholics from Mainz. Both survived the journey to Norka.

Eva Maria

The Eva Maria arrived at Kronstadt on August 22, 1766 under the command of Franz Christian Schröder. The galliot carried 403 colonists to Russia. 

The Peter Klaus family was aboard this ship. They were part of a privateer recruiter group. Peter and his wife Elisabeth arrived in Norka on September 22, 1767. Their two children, Anton and Johannes, died en route to the settlement area.

Fortitudo

The Fortitudo (Fortitude) was a barque under the command of John Scott. The ship arrived at Kronstadt on July 19, 1766 and carried over 700 passengers. About 170 people that were members of households that later settled in Norka were aboard this arrival.
Picture
Example drawing of a barque. Wikipedia Commons - Public Domain.

Kargopol

The Russian pink Kargopol (Cargo) arrived at Kronstadt under the command of Moses Davydov on July 19, 1766. The ship carried between 284 and 300 colonists.

About 17 colonists who were members of families that settled in Norka were onboard including members of the Lauterbach, Preisendorf, Werth, Hartung and Frank families.

Kronstadt

Commanded by Samuel Gibbs, the galliot Kronstadt arrived at its namesake island fortress of Kronstadt on July 19, 1766 carrying 204 colonists.

The Martin Trüber family was aboard this ship. Martin and his wife Ann died in route to Norka. His son Nicolaus, age 17, and daughter Anna, age 13, arrived in Norka on August 15, 1767 with the Conrad and Elisabeth Müller. Conrad was the Vorsteher of the colony at the time of the 1767 census.

Kronverk

The Kronverk arrived at Kronstadt on July 19, 1766 under the command of Dimitriy Ilyin. The galliot carried between 170 and 176 colonists. Of those, about 18 were with families that settled in Norka.

The name of the ship is derived from the German word which means crown-shaped fortification. An example of a kronverk can be seen at the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg. The colonists would later sail past this fortress en route to the settlement area. 
Aerial view of Peter and Paul Fortress on Zayachy Island, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Photo by Andrew Shiva / Wikipedia.
Aerial view of the Peter and Paul Fortress on Zayachy Island, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Photo by Andrew Shiva / Wikipedia.

Love and Unity

The Love and Unity was an English merchant ship that was hired to help handle the larger than expected number of colonists in 1766. It was commanded by Thomas Fairfax. The ship type was listed as a "Kat". A second English ship, the barque George, was also hired and it was under the command of Adam Bairnsfair. Both English ships sailed from Newcastle and arrived in Lübeck on April 20th to prepare for their first transport of colonists. Each ship could carry about 1,000 colonists. Both ships made two passages during the summer of 1766 and carried about 20 percent of the colonists that year. The arrival dates at Kronstadt were June 9, 1766 and August 2, 1766.

Two Norka colonists, Johann Heinrich Dinges and his wife Maria Louisa were aboard the June 9 arrival. One Norka colonist, Johannes Sauer, was aboard the August 2 arrival.

Lev

The pink Lev arrived at Kronstadt on July 17, 1766 with 417 colonists. The ship was commanded by Fyodor Fyodorov. 

Eleven members of the Giebelhaus and Schönemann families were aboard this ship. All survived the journey to Norka.

Ne Tron Men

The packet boat Ne Tron Men (Don't Touch Me) arrived at Kronstadt on June 23, 1766 under the command of Emelyan Lozhnikov carrying 47 colonists.

The Louis Battin (Batt) family was aboard this ship. They were Catholics from Paris. Louis was a bookbinder. One son, Heinrich, died en route. Louis, his wife Susanna and daughter Anna survived and arrived in Norka on August 26, 1766.

Novaya Dvinka

The Novaya Dvinka was a Russian pink under the command of Ivan Perepechin. The ship arrived at Kronstadt on July 19, 1766 carrying between 283 and 308 colonists (sources differ on the exact number). 

Approximately 20 people who were part of families that settled in Norka were aboard this ship.

Under Emperor Peter the Great, the city of Arkhangelsk became a center of shipbuilding. As a result, the ships built there were often named for settlements in that region. Arkhangelsk is located on the Severnaya Dvina River. Under Peter the Great, the fortress of Novo-Dvinka (New Dvinka) was built 15 kilometers from Arkhangelsk. In honor of this fortress, the ship Novaya Dvinka was named.

Slon (Elephant)

The Russian pink Slon (Elephant) arrived at Kronstadt on July 19, 1766 under the command of Midshipman Sergey Panov carrying 398 colonists in total. Nearly 200 people that were members of households that later settled in Norka were aboard this arrival. The Slon also made an earlier arrival in Kronstadt on May 27th and a later arrival on September 13th. No Norka colonists are known to be on the other voyages.

Construction on the Slon began on October 24, 1857 and it was launched on June 3, 1758. The ship was 130 feet in length, 29 feet wide and had a depth of 12 feet, 6 inches. The ship carried 22 guns.

The attentive reader can vividly imagine how 398 colonists and crew were placed on this small ship during the several weeks of the voyage.
Illustration of a Dutch pink from 1770. Source: navistory.com.
Illustration of a Dutch pink from 1770. Source: navistory.com.

Strelna

The Russian galliot Strelna arrived at Kronstadt on July 28, 1766. The ship carried 203 people in total in addition to a crew of about 20 people. Nearly 60 people that were members of households that later settled in Norka were aboard this arrival. The Strelna was named for a city near St. Petersburg. 

During the transport of the colonists in 1766 the Strelna was commanded by Midshipman Login Vasilyevich Sornev. Sornev was from a noble family in Smolensk Province and his father was a corporal of the Roslavl Dragoon Squadron. In 1761, the family made their home at Roslavl and had 140 serfs working for them in various locations. Sornev graduated from the Naval Nobility Cadet Corps (NGCC) in St. Petersburg which had been first established in Moscow in 1701. The NGCC was the key educational establishment commissioning officers for the Imperial Russian Navy. At the time the NGCC was one of the best military educations institutions in Russia, training highly educated officers. Cadets and Midshipmen (cadets who achieved the highest classification) studied mathematics, navigation, artillery, fortification, rigging, languages (Russian, French, English, German), geography, history, politics, genealogy, rhetoric, heraldry, morals, drawing, fencing, dancing. Sornev achieved the rank of Midshipman on April 5, 1761. The rank of Midshipman in the Russian Navy is the equivalent of a Lieutenant in the Russian Army. This is perhaps why Sornev and other ship commanders are labeled as "Lieutenants". After his service transporting colonists, Sornev became a Lieutenant on March 3, 1769; a Lieutenant commander on January 1, 1773); and a Captain of the 2nd rank on January 1, 1779.

Sornev and the Strelna made a second voyage that arrived in Kronstadt on October 15, 1766, one of the last two ships to bring colonists to Russia.

Seven years after it had delivered a large group of colonists in Kronstadt, the Strelna ran aground, was broken and sank on September 14, 1773 on Sommers Island, a rocky outcropping in the Eastern reach of the Gulf of Finland. Amazingly, 19 crew members and one young girl clung to the remains of the cabin and survived the ordeal.

Vologda 

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 ship was named after the Russian city of Vologda. The Vologda made a second voyage that arrived on October 15, 1766, one of the last two ships to bring colonists to Russia under the provisions of Catherine's Manifesto. There were no colonists that settled in Norka aboard the second voyage.

Sources

Chronicle of Wrecks and Fires of Ships of the Russian fleet 1713-1853. Publishing house of the printing house of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg. 1855. Translated to English by Alexander Schreiber.

General Sea List. V. Demanov Publishing House. St. Petersburg: 1885. Translated to English by Alexander Schreiber.

List of Russian military vessels from 1668 to 1860. Printing office of the Maritime Ministry in the Main Admiralty. St. Petersburg. 1872. Translated to English by Alexander Schreiber.

Pleve, I. R., and Richard R. Rye. The German Colonies on the Volga: The Second Half of the Eighteenth Century. Lincoln, Neb.: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 2001. Print.

Pleve, I. R. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg. Saratov, Russia: Saratov State Technical U, 2010. Print.

Idt, Andreas and Rauschenbach, Georg. Auswanderung deutsche Kolonisten nach Russland im Jahre 1766 (Second edition). Moscow: 2019.

Zolotarev V. A., Kozlov I. A. Three centuries of the Russian fleet. Publishing house "Polygon", St. Petersburg. 2002. Translated to English by Alexander Schreiber.

Feofanov, F. M. Naval Officers of the Russian Empire of the XVIII Century. Biographical dictionary. St. Tikhon's Orthodox University for the Humanities publishing house. Moscow: 2016. Translated to English by Alexander Schreiber.

Map showing the Jamburg colonies courtesy of Germans from Russian Settlement Locations created by Sandy Schilling Payne.

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