Black Sea Germans

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German diaspora community ethnic group

Black Sea Germans were ethnic German communities that settled along the northern coast of the Black Sea, particularly in parts of present-day Ukraine and Russia, from the late 18th century onward.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bessarabia Germans	1
Crimean Germans	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German diaspora community ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Baden ⓘ Bavaria ⓘ German states of Central Europe ⓘ Hesse ⓘ Prussia ⓘ Duchy of Württemberg ⓘ surface form: Württemberg
culturalTrait	German-language schooling ⓘ Lutheran and Catholic church-centered community life ⓘ distinct folk costumes ⓘ maintenance of German dialects ⓘ
demographicTrend	decline in numbers in former settlement areas after World War II ⓘ
diasporaDestination	Argentina ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Canada ⓘ Germany ⓘ Paraguay ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ethnicOrigin	Germans ⓘ
foundingRulerInvitingSettlement	Alexander I of Russia ⓘ Catherine II of Russia ⓘ surface form: Catherine the Great
heritageToday	maintained by descendant communities in Germany and the Americas ⓘ
hostEmpire	Russian Empire ⓘ
hostState	Russian SFSR ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ Soviet Ukraine ⓘ surface form: Ukrainian SSR
legalStatusInEmpire	colonists with special privileges ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity	animal husbandry ⓘ crafts ⓘ grain farming ⓘ viticulture ⓘ
majorHistoricalEvent	Russification policies in the Russian Empire ⓘ World War I anti-German measures ⓘ deportations during World War II ⓘ loss of special privileges in late 19th century ⓘ
migrationPeriod	19th century ⓘ
migrationPeriodStart	late 18th century ⓘ
notableRegionOfSettlement	Crimea ⓘ Kherson Oblast ⓘ surface form: Kherson region Odesa Oblast ⓘ surface form: Odessa region Taurida Governorate ⓘ
persecutedBy	Soviet authorities ⓘ
primaryLanguage	German ⓘ
privilege	religious autonomy ⓘ self-administration in colonies ⓘ temporary exemption from conscription ⓘ use of German language in schools ⓘ
reasonForMigration	military service exemptions ⓘ promise of land ⓘ religious freedom ⓘ tax incentives ⓘ
region	northern coast of the Black Sea ⓘ present-day Russia ⓘ present-day Ukraine ⓘ
relatedGroup	Black Sea Germans self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bessarabia Germans Black Sea Germans self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Crimean Germans Banat Swabians ⓘ surface form: Danube Swabians Volga Germans ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism Lutheranism ⓘ Mennonitism ⓘ Reformed Christianity ⓘ
settlementType	agricultural villages ⓘ rural colonies ⓘ
WWIIExperience	forced labor in NKVD camps ⓘ mass deportation to Central Asia ⓘ mass deportation to Siberia ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Germans → diaspora → Black Sea Germans ⓘ

Black Sea Germans → relatedGroup → Black Sea Germans self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bessarabia Germans

Black Sea Germans → relatedGroup → Black Sea Germans self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crimean Germans

Volga Germans → relatedGroup → Black Sea Germans ⓘ