Descendants of Johann Michael ISAAK
In 1763, Catherine II (Catherine the Great, German born empress
of Russia) sent agents into the German states for the purpose of recruiting settlers.In
the next few years, Catherine the Great expanded Russian territory dramatically
by conquering Turkish controlled land to the south and Polish land to the west.
Catherine again wanted Germans to help in developing her new territories, especially
around the north side of the BLACK SEA. This time she turned to the Mennonites
of West Prussia.Thousands of other Germans followed the Mennonites. Lutherans
and Catholics began flooding into the area, starting particular after the Napoleonic
wars (1803 through 1810). Hundreds of German colonies sprang up in a semi circle
around Odessa, now in the UKRAINE. Another war with Turkey brought Russia more
territory, the region of BESSARABIA on the west side of the Black Sea. By 1816,
over 1500 German families moved into this area, most of them from Poland, Baden,
Wuerttemberg, Hesse, and Alsace.
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