1784-1806 | Settlement of the later people of Krasna, (ancestors) in Poland and Galicia |
1784-1806 | Settlement of the later people of Krasna, (ancestors) in Poland and Galicia |
28. May | Peace accord with Turkey in Bucharest, Bessarabia ceded to Russia |
13. Nov. 1813 | Manifest of Alexander I, Invitation to the Germans in Warsaw to settle in Bessarabia |
Early summer 1814 | Krasna colonists leave Poland |
Fall of 1814 | Krasna colonists arrive in Bessarabia, temporary quarters in Moldavian villages |
1814/1816 | Settlement of the colonists in Krasna |
1818 | Founding of the Welfare Committee, since 1819 in charge of Bessarabian colonies |
1818-1845 | President of the Welfare Committee General Ivan Insov |
1818 | First house of prayer opened in Krasna, also a rectory |
1825 | 19 Evangelical families move to Katzbach |
1825 | Alexander visits South Russia and dies in Crimea. Nikolaus I becomes tsar |
1825-1855 | Reign of Nikolaus I |
1827-1828 | Russo-Turkish War, Compulsory labor and quarters in Krasna |
1829 | The Plague strikes Bessarabia and Krasna |
1830 | Failed harvest in Krasna |
1831 | The cholera rages in Bessarabia and Krasna |
1832-1834 | Failed harvests in Krasna |
1836 | School completed in Krasna |
1837 | Colonist affairs now handled by the Ministry of Reich Domains |
1838 | Nikolaus I (1825-1855) affirms the privileges of the colonists |
1839 | Russian silver currency is introduced |
1839 | Community chancellery of Krasna is built |
1839 | Failed harvest in Krasna |
1842 | Coding of the liberties, duties and privileges of the colonists and granting of citizenship rights in the entire Tsarist Empire. |
1840 – circa 1850 | Moving out of 20 families from Krasna to other colonies New families arrive from the Kutschurgan colonies (almost all in 1843) |
1844 | Supply warehouse of Krasna established |
1845-1848 | State councilman Han becomes president of the Welfare Committee |
1847 | Founding of the Catholic Diocese of Tiraspol with seat in Cherson |
1848 | The president of the Welfare Committee orders the establishment of community reports (1848) |
1848 | Community report of Krasna made |
1849 | Fire fund established in Alt-Posttal, also in charge of Krasna |
1848-1853 | President of the Welfare Committee, Baron von Rosen |
1850 | Helanus Kahn first bishop of the diocese of Tiraspol |
1853-1856 | President of the Welfare Committee Baron von Mestmacher |
1855-1881 | Reign of TsartAlexanders II |
1855 | Cholera epidemic, also in Krasna |
1853-1856 | Crimean War, quarters in Krasna and other colonies |
1856-1858 | President of the Welfare Committee, Islawin |
1857 | Catholic priesthood seminary founded in Saratov |
1858-1866 | President of the Welfare Committee: Alexander von Hamm |
1861 | Abolishment of slavery in Russia |
1863 | Founding of the Odessa Zeitung newspaper |
1864 | Administrative reform is completed, introducing the self government concept of the Semstwo (Law of Semstwo Institutions). |
1864 | Bishop Kahn dies. Vincenz Lipski becomes administrator |
1866-1867 | President of the Welfare Committee, TH. Lysander |
1866 | Building of the large parish church in Krasna |
1866 | Marienfeld. A group of 36 Krasna families moved to Patrukas (also called Schalier) in the Kontemir valley due to lack of usable land. Founded a small village and called it Marienfeld. |
05. 09. 1870 | First German priest introduced in Krasna |
1867-1871 | President of the Welfare Committee Vladimir von Oettingen |
1869 | Orphan Bank established in Alt-Posttal, also in charge of Krasna |
1868-1889 | Neu-Krasna, colony. 30 families from Krasna, Bessarabia, settled on the left bank of the river Kuban (6 versts from Semenovskoe) on the land of the owner Colonel Smeloesky. The place name Neu-Krasna is documented several times in the church book of Krasna and in the church book of Semenowskoe. |
1871 | Abolishment of the Welfare Committee, end of self administration for the colonists, official language is Russian Krasna receives its own district office during the administrative reform (Wolost) |
1873 | The Gouvernement Bessarabien (and with it the German villages) get fully integrated into the Semstwo System. |
6.October 1874 | Dedication of the new church by Bischop Lipski |
1874 | Introduction of mandatory military service in Russia, conscripting German colonists as well. |
1876 | 30 Krasna Families move to the Tatar Village of Kara Murat (Dobrudscha) |
1877 | Russo-Turkish War quarters, compulsory labor in Krasna |
1878-1880 | More families leave Krasna for Karamurat |
1881 | Building of a new rectory |
1881 | German schools are placed under the Ministry of Peoples’ Enlightenment |
13.March 1881 | Murder of Alexander II Alexander III becomes tsar, Beginning of the Russification |
1883 | Antonius Zerr becomes bishop of Tiraspol |
1886 | The above-mentioned group moves out because of poor lease opportunities into the area which later became the colony of Emmental. |
1891 | Russian is introduced as official language in the schools, including Krasna |
1893 | German villages receive Russian names: Krasna becomes Krasnoje |
1894-1917 | Reign of Tsar Nikolaus II. |
1902 - 1904 | Bischop Zerr resigns. Baron van Ropp becomes bishop of Tiraspol. Joseph Kessler as the 5th bishop of Tiraspol succeeds him. |
1904-1905 | Russo-Japanese War. Defeat of Russia leads to a partial interior political li-beralization. New economic and cultural upswing in the German colonies. Krasna men participate in the war. |
1906 | Stolypin’s agricultural reform |
1906 | An organ is installed in the Krasna church |
1907 | Some Krasna families move to Siberia |
1908 | Some Krasna families move into the Caucasus area |
1909-1914 | 567 persons immigrate from Krasna to America (USA and Canada) |
1911 | The last house from the beginning time of Krasna is demolished |
1912-1913? | Founding of the Association Bank of Krasna, later the peoples’ bank Concordia. |
01 August 1914 | Outbreak of WWI. Many Krasna people serve in the tsar’s army. The Germans are declared enemies of the Russian Empire. |
1914 | Buiding of the rail line Leipzig-Akkerman travels through Krasna land. |
2.February 1915 | Liquidation Laws: Germans are disowned and slated to be taken to Siberia |
8.Nov. 1916 | The Germans of Bessarbia are told about their deportation to Siberia |
17.January 1917 | Established date of the deportation of the Bessaabian Germans but not carried out due to bad weather and the pending defeat of the Russian army. |
1915- 1917 | German language forbidden |
15 March 1917 | Resignation of Nikolaus II (February Revolution) German is allowed again in the schools. |
07.November –25 October 1917 | Bolshevist Revolution (October Revolution) |
2. December 1917 | The government council declares Bessarabia as an autonomous republic of Moldavia |
3.March | Peace of Brest-Litovsk (Repatriation clause in favor of the Germans in Russia) |
9. April 1918 | Government council announces the annexation of Bessarabia to Rumania |
07. March 1919 | Congress of the Germans, assembly of community representatives in Tarutino petitions the King of Rumania for abolishment of the Russian Liquidation Laws and Disownerships and pleads for the continuation of the use of German in administration and school. |
1919 | In the course of increased Rumanization efforts, the Bessarabian schools become state schools and the school buildings properties of the state. |
1920 | German Peoples’ Council is founded. Coalition of Rumanian citizens of German nationality is founded to preserve their individuality and interests. |
1919-1920 | Some of the church properties are disowned |
1920 | Agricultural reform, disownership of land in excess of 100 hectares. Landless people receive up to 6 hectares of land. |
1921 | In order to eliminate the middle man the German Farm Association is founded with headquarters in Tarutino. |
1921 | Bishop Keßler resides in Krasna, Bishop of Jassy visits Krasna |
1925 | 25 Families from Krasna move to Brazil |
1925 | The peoples’ bank “Konkordia” of Krasna establishes a dairy |
September 2-3 1927 | Flooding of the Kogälnik in the night of September 2, 1927. Krasna is one of the hardest hit villages. |
1928 | Failed harvest in Krasna |
1929 | A second Krasna group moves to Brazil |
1929 | In Krasna a village association (branch office) of the farm association “Kolonist” opens in Krasna |
1928/29 | Emergency loan from Germany, Krasna receives 2.6 million lei |
November 27, 1928 | Violent storm hits Krasna, roofs are taken off houses, the church roof is damaged and the school sustains damage, as well. |
21.December 1930 | New church bell placed in the church tower |
1930 | Church renovated, chancellery modernized |
15. January, 1937 | First train stops at the new train station in Krasna |
26. December, 1938 | Dedication of the parish home in Krasna |
26. June 1940 | The Soviet Union gives Rumania an ultimatum to clear Bessarabia in 48 hours |
End of June 1940 | Bessarabia is occupied by the Soviet Union |
Fall of 1940 | Resettlement of the Bessarabian Germans · 5. Sept. Signing of the Agreement about the Resettlement of the German National Population of the regions of Bessarabia and the Northern Bukovina into the German Reich. · 15. Sept. The German Resettlement Committee begins with the resettlement of the Besarabian Germans. · Between September 9, 1940, and October 13, 1940, Krasna people leave Krasna in 6 groups (women, children and old people in buses and trucks, men in a horse trek) |
Fall 1940-Fall 1941 | Krasna people stay in resettlement camps, mainly in Saxony. Citizenship procedure. Granting German citizenship. Beginning of the Resettlement in the German East, (Danzig - Westprussia,) a small number gets resettled in the Old Reich, Central Germany. |
Winter 1945 | Flight from the East, mostly to Mecklenburg, Brandenburg, Sachsen, Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein |