Alternate Names
Neu-Walter,
Sverdlovo,
Walter-Chutor,
Walter-Khutor
Gallery
Neu-Walter prayer house - August 2019. Source: Posted by Mila Koretnikov on Facebook.
Lutheran Church in Walter-Khutor when it was dedicated (ca. 1903-1905) Photo courtesy of Jean Roth.
Belfry near the Lutheran Church in Walter-Khutor Photo courtesy of Jean Roth.
Lutheran Church in Walter-Khutor (1991). Photo courtesy of Jean Roth.
Church
There was a Bethaus (prayer house) located in Walter Khutor. The building is still standing and was restored in 1992 as the community center, dance hall and library.
Type of Settlement
History
The village of Walter-Khutor was founded by colonists from Walter who were seeking additional land to farm. This daughter colony still exists and is now larger than its parent colony in size and population. There are several hundred homes.
Walter-Khutor was located outside of the boundary of the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of the Volga Germans .
Population
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Year
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Households
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Population
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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Total
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Male
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Female
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| 1850 |
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| 1857 |
|
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| 1859 |
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| 1886 |
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| 1891 |
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| 1894 |
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| 1897 |
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| 1904 |
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| 1910 |
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| 1912 |
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| 1926 |
208
|
1,516
|
757
|
759
|
Migration
Lutheran
Sources
Preliminary Results of the Soviet Census of 1926 on the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Pokrovsk, 1927): 28-83.