_English_
_English_
by Paul Wingenbach\ completed by Otto Riehl
Dates are given until 02/14/1918 according to the Julian calendar valid in Krasna (Russia).
12/04/1762 | First settlement manifesto of Tsarina Catherine II |
07/22/1763 | Beginning of the German emigration to the Volga region |
05/16/1812 | Peace of Bucharest after the Russian-Turkish war. Bessarabia falls to Russia. |
11/29/1813 | Second settlement manifesto of Tsar Alexander I |
1814/1815 | Foundation of the first three German settlements in Bessarabia Krasna = 133 families Borodino = 115 families Tarutino = 136 families |
1818 | Building of a stone prayer house and a pastorate in Krasna. |
1825 | 19 Lutheran families leave Catholic Krasna and move to Katzbach. |
1827 | Quartering during the Russian-Turkish war. |
1836 | Building of a schoolhouse in the center of Krasna village. |
1839 | Building of a municipal office in Krasna. |
1840 | Planting of vineyards east of the village of Krasna in the Nedje valley, later also on the opposite side. |
1844 | Building of a storehouse not far from the schoolhouse in Krasna. |
1862 | Exodus of a smaller group from Krasna to Tschemtschelly. |
1866 | Exodus of 25 families from Krasna to Patruka (Marienfeld; Schalier), Bender County. 1886 Further exodus to Kainari and founding of the Emmental Colony. |
1866 | Completion of the parish church in Krasna. |
1868 | Exodus of a smaller group from Krasna to New-Krasna, Kuban. |
1871 | Abolition of colonist privileges and subordination to general Russian laws; official correspondence in Russian. |
1874 | Introduction of compulsory military service. |
1874 | Exodus of a large number of families from Krasna to Karamurat in Dobrudscha, Romania. |
03/03/1887 | Peace with Turkey; South Bessarabia falls to Russia. |
1881 | Building of a new rectory in Krasna. |
1907 | Exodus of a smaller group from Krasna to Siberia. |
1908 | Exodus of a smaller group from Krasna to the Caucasus. |
1887-1914 | Exodus of 94 families and 29 single persons from Krasna to the USA and Canada. In North Dakota settlements at Krassna and Strasburg. |
01/02/1915 02/13/1915 | Expropriation and liquidation laws of Russia. |
12/13/1915 | Land expropriation laws are extended to Bessarabia. |
11/06/1917 | The “Deutsche Zeitung Bessarabiens” is published. |
12/02/1917 | Bessarabia declares its independence. |
01/24/1918 | Declaration of independence of Bessarabia. |
03/29/1918 | Annexation of Bessarabia to Romania. |
04/09/1918 | The Germans of Bessarabia declare their allegiance to Romania. |
10/06/1919 | Repeal of the land expropriation laws by royal decree of Romania. |
07/13/1920 | Establishment of the German-Bessarabian Committee. |
07/30/1920 | Founding meeting of the German-Bessarabian Committee, creation of the first People's Program. |
09/18/1920 | Establishment of the Association of Germans in Greater Romania. |
1925 | Emigration of 25 families from Krasna to Brazil. |
1929 | Emigration of more families from Krasna to Brazil. |
1929 | Emigration of some families from Krasna to Canada. |
04/27/1934 | People's program of the Germans of Bessarabia. |
06/28/1940 | Occupation of Bessarabia by Russia (ultimatum to Romania to vacate Bessarabia within 4 days.) |
07/02/1940 | Official annexation of Bessarabia to the USSR |
09/03/1940 | Agreement on the resettlement of the ethnic German population of Bessarabia via northern Bukovina to the German Reich. |
09/15/1940 | Call for “voluntary” resettlement to Germany, establishment of the Resettlement Command (3 Germans and 2 Russians). |
09/24/1940 | 1st resettlement transport from Krasna by buses to Kilia. |
09/29/1940 | 2nd resettlement transport from Krasna with buses to Kilia. |
10/04/1940 | 3rd resettlement transport from Krasna with buses to Kilia. |
10/05/1940 | 4th resettlement transport from Krasna with buses to Kilia (rest women). |
10/13/1940 | 5th resettlement transport from Krasna, big trek with about 500 carts to Galatz (male youth and young men). |
11/14/1940 | Strong earthquake in Bessarabia, destruction of many houses. |