The Galka Lutheran parish was founded in 1767. A new wooden church building was built in 1880 in the Kontor-style. The church was known as St. Peter & Paul Lutheran Church.
Galka was founded on 12 August 1764 as a Lutheran colony by the Government. It is located at the point where the Galka River enters the Volga.
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
64
|
195
|
|
|
| 1769 |
54
|
219
|
122
|
97
|
| 1773 |
58
|
240
|
124
|
116
|
| 1788 |
49
|
285
|
146
|
139
|
| 1798 |
65
|
380
|
191
|
189
|
| 1816 |
94
|
669
|
332
|
337
|
| 1834 |
178
|
1,298
|
640
|
658
|
| 1850 |
218
|
1,845
|
970
|
875
|
| 1857 |
176
|
2,004
|
1,037
|
967
|
| 1859 |
165
|
1,987
|
1,036
|
951
|
| 1886 |
209
|
1,818
|
915
|
903
|
| 1891 |
202
|
2,601
|
1,296
|
1,305
|
| 1894 |
204
|
2,894
|
1,411
|
1,483
|
| 1897 |
|
1,915*
|
987
|
928
|
| 1905 |
|
3,157
|
|
|
| 1911 |
|
3,472
|
|
|
| 1912 |
|
3,548
|
|
|
| 1920 |
339**
|
2,139
|
|
|
| 1922 |
|
1,810
|
|
|
| 1926*** |
376
|
2,037
|
990
|
1,047
|
| 1931 |
|
2,333****
|
|
|
*Of whom 1,883 were German.
**Of which 337 households were German.
***Of whom 2,024 were German (368 households: 982 male & 1,042 female).
****Of whom 2,322 were German.
Lutheran
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Galka (Gary Martens)
Galka (Wolgadeutsche.net) - in Russian
My Visit to Galka (Dick Kraus)
Galka: A German Settlement on the Volga (Max Praetorius)