Chasselois

Alternate Names

Chaijsol,

Chaisol,

Chasselois,

Cheisol,

Choise le Roy,

Khaisol,

Stepnoe

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Type of Settlement

Mother

History

Chasselois was founded on 2 August 1766 by LeRoy and Pictet as a Roman Catholic colony. It was destroyed by the Kirghiz in 1785 and the surviving colonists distributed to other colonies.

Population

Population Table
Year	Households	Population
Year	Households	Total	Male	Female
1767	40	144
1769	38	156	81	75
1773	39	177	91	86

Census of 1767

Religion

Catholic

Sources

Orlov, Gregorii. Report of Conditions of Settlements on the Volga to Catherine II , 14 February 1769.

Pallas, P.S. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. Theil 3,2, Reise aus Sibirien zurueck an die Wolga im 1773sten Jahr (St. Petersburg: Kaiserl. Academie der Wissenschaften, 1776): 612.

Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 1 (Göttingen: Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 1999): 249.