History
The page presents a historical timeline and overview of the major events that occurred in Norka, Russia from its founding in 1767 to conditions there today.
Sketch of a Volga German house from a booklet titled "Wolgadeutsche Lieder" or Volga German songs.
Timeline of Key Events for Norka
Before 1767 - Origins in Western Europe
1767 - The Founding of the Colony of Norka Colony
1767 to 1775 - The Early Years of Settlement
1769 - A report on the new colony by Count Grigory Orlov
1773 to 1775 - The Pugachev Rebellion
1798 - A Description of Norka Colony
1814 - Grasshopper plague
1848 - Cholera Epidemic
1852 - The Founding of Daughter Colonies
1858 - Cholera Strikes Again
1862 - Norka Products Shown in London
1864 - History of the Norka Reformed Church written
1870 - Typhoid Epidemic
1872 - Fire Destroys Portions of the Colony
1875 - Emigration from Russia Begins
1875 - A New Life on the Great Plains of North America
1891 to 1892 - Drought and Famine
1898 - A Description of Norka Colony
1917 - The Bolshevik Revolution and Civil War
1924 - The "Autonomous" Volga German Republic
1927 - Heinrich Wacker Returns to Norka
1930's - Stalin's Terror Famine
1930's - Life in the Soviet Union
1941 to 1953 - Repression in the Soviet Labor Camps and Gulags
1953 to 1980 - The End of Stalin and the Labor Camps