Keller

Alternate Names
Keller,
Krasnorynovka,
Krasnorynowka
Type of Settlement
History

Keller was founded on 12 May 1767 as a Roman Catholic colony by LeRoy & Pictet. It was destroyed by the Kirghiz in 1774 and those colonists who survived resettled to other colonies.

Population
Population Table
Year
Households
Population
Total
Male
Female
1767
75
223
116
107
1769
71
238
119
119
1773
62
223
116
107
Sources

Beratz, Gottieb. The German colonies on the Lower Volga, their origin and early development: a memorial for the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first German settlers on the Volga, 29 June 1764 . Translated by Adam Giesinger (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1991): 350.

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): 609.

Surnames with Confirmed Pre-Volga Origins