The Lutheran parish in Yagodnaya Polyana was founded in 1785 as an independent parish with a resident pastor of its own.
A new church was built in 1858 in the Kontor Style. It could seat 1,200 worshipers.
Yagodnaya Polyana was also served by the following vicar:
Yagodnaya Polyana was founded on 16 September 1767 by the Government as a Lutheran colony.
|
Year
|
Households
|
Population
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
||
| 1767 |
80
|
269
|
|
|
| 1769 |
83
|
312
|
167
|
145
|
| 1773 |
85
|
402
|
206
|
196
|
| 1788 |
|
592
|
|
|
| 1798 |
|
822
|
|
|
| 1816 |
|
1,596
|
|
|
| 1834 |
286
|
2,922
|
|
|
| 1850 |
|
4,505
|
|
|
| 1857 |
|
|
|
|
| 1859 |
|
5,520
|
|
|
| 1883 |
|
6,030
|
|
|
| 1891 |
|
|
|
|
| 1894 |
|
|
|
|
| 1897 |
|
6,459*
|
3,213
|
3,246
|
| 1905 |
|
9,351
|
|
|
| 1910 |
|
|
|
|
| 1911 |
|
9,095
|
|
|
| 1912 |
|
8,845
|
|
|
| 1926 |
|
6,597
|
|
|
*Of whom 6,427 were German.
Lutheran
Censuses for Yagodnaya Polyana are available for the following years: 1767, 1798, & 1834.
Amburger, Erik. Die Pastoren der evangelischen Kirchen Rußlands (Lüneburg, Germany: Institut Nordostdeutsches Kulturwerk, 1998): 137-138.
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.
Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das Religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen - Evangelischer Teil (Stuttgart: Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland, 1972): 193.
"Settlements in the 1897 Census." Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (Winter, 1990): 19.
Berry Meadow Archive (Richard Scheuerman)