Originally the congregation in Urbach was part of the Rosenheim parish which had been established in 1767.
Urbach was founded as a Lutheran colony on 13 July 1767 by LeRoy & Pictet. Today it is known as Furmanovka.
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
|
187
|
|
|
| 1769 |
|
160
|
|
|
| 1773 |
48
|
187
|
92
|
95
|
| 1788 |
20
|
106
|
51
|
55
|
| 1798 |
30
|
198
|
99
|
99
|
| 1816 |
45
|
240
|
174
|
166
|
| 1834 |
73
|
625
|
321
|
304
|
| 1850 |
107
|
971
|
492
|
479
|
| 1857 |
142
|
1,230
|
628
|
602
|
| 1859 |
|
1,275
|
|
|
| 1889 |
|
1,738
|
|
|
| 1897 |
|
1,769*
|
887
|
882
|
| 1905 |
|
2,728
|
|
|
| 1910 |
340
|
2,869
|
1,413
|
1,456
|
| 1912 |
|
2,827
|
|
|
| 1920 |
341
|
2,364
|
|
|
| 1922 |
|
1,831
|
|
|
| 1926 |
353
|
1,856**
|
913
|
943
|
| 1931 |
|
2,134
|
|
|
*Of whom 1,745 were German.
**Of whom 1,841 (898 male & 943 female) were German in 351 households.
Lutheran
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Alt-Urbach (wolgadeutsche.net) - in Russian