DISTRICT / AIMAG
German National District
REGION
Altai Krai
Krasnoarmeysky
The settlement of Krasnoarmeysky is located in the German National District of Altai Krai and was founded in 1907 by Lutheran settlers from the southern provinces of Russia.
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German National District
Altai Krai
Historical background
The settlement was founded in 1907, although the first settlers appeared here as early as 1902. The founders were seven families of Lutheran settlers from the southern provinces of Russia, probably the Yekaterinoslav province, who settled in the farmsteads of Barskoye, Reichenfeld, and Baschenfeld. In everyday life, the settlers maintained their usual type of estate with all buildings under one roof, raised cows and horses, brought water from the village of Kresty, and sold surplus products at the market in Slavgorod. In the 1930s, in the settlement, then called Barsky Log or Barsky for short, a two-year school with instruction in German was opened. In the 1990s–2000s, most of the population emigrated to Germany, and according to 2013 data, 224 people lived in the settlement.
Place, memory, heritage
Historical and cultural legacy
The settlement is home to the Krasnoarmeyskaya rural library (21 Mira Street), which is a structural subdivision of the district's multifunctional cultural center, and a House of Culture (54 Mira Street). A monument to the soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War is installed on Tsentralnaya Street, and there is also a prayer house where Baptist Christians gather, as well as a Lutheran community recreated in the 1990s.
Natural surroundings
The territory is located in the Kulunda steppe on a flat, slightly undulating relief sloping to the northwest, where fertile chestnut and light chestnut soils with deep water occurrence are widespread. There are no rivers or lakes in the district, however, on unplowed areas, forb-grass dry steppe meadows have been preserved, where birch, poplar, maple, feather grass, and wormwood grow, and rodents, foxes, hares, and steppe birds live.
Historical and cultural legacy
The settlement is home to the Krasnoarmeyskaya rural library (21 Mira Street), which is a structural subdivision of the district's multifunctional cultural center, and a House of Culture (54 Mira Street). A monument to the soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War is installed on Tsentralnaya Street, and there is also a prayer house where Baptist Christians gather, as well as a Lutheran community recreated in the 1990s.
Living culture and memory
The settlement preserves Lutheran and family traditions, including marriages predominantly within the community and the celebration of Christmas, Easter, and the Harvest Festival, as well as rituals associated with family feasts. The House of Culture hosts clubs and the vocal group "Kalinushka". Gastronomic culture is represented by Russian-German dishes (sausages, bean salad, sochni with cottage cheese, potato dumplings, stollen, strudel, kuchen with nightshade, eisbein, Maultaschen dumplings, eintopf, pretzels) and traditional drinks such as prips and herbal teas. Local residents actively participate in the German culture festival "I am fascinated by this land...", the national holiday Sommerfest, the Morgenstern contest, the Christmas market, and the German Cuisine Marathon.
