Russian Names of Molotschna Colony Villages
The following is a list of the Molotschna Colony villages with their corresponding Russian names. The list is taken from an article by Edward R. Brandt entitled "Post-Revolution Names of Molochna Villages" and first appeared in Mennonite Family History Vol. X, No. 3 (July 1991): 100-101 and is reproduced here by permission of the author. The alternative names or spellings are taken from a publication entitled "How God Leads" by Gerhard I. Peters (1974). If you have any corrections please notify the webmaster.
| German Name | Russian Name | German Name | Russian Name |
| Alexanderkrone | Molotschnoye | Lindenau | Lyubinovka |
| Alexanderthal | Aleksandrovka | Margenau | Karkovyy / Raekovoe |
| Alexanderwohl | Svetloye | Mariawohl | Maryevka |
| Altonau | Chervonoye / Travnyeve | Mariental | Pamfilovka / Panfilovka |
| Blumenort | Volnaye / Orlovo | Münsterberg | Prilukorka / Prilukovka |
| Blumstein | Kamenskoye | Muntau | Yanevka / Yasnovka |
| Elisabethtal | Yelizavetovka | Neu Halbstadt | Polugorod / Moloschansk |
| Fischau | Rybalovka / Rybolovka | Neukirch | Udarrik / Udarnik |
| Franztal | Lugovoy / Lugoviy | Nikolaidorf | Nikolayevka |
| Friedensdorf | Khelmnitskogo / Chemelniukoye | Ohrloff | Orlovo |
| Friedensruh | Mirnyy | Pastwa | Pastva |
| Fürstenau | Legovka / Lygovka | Paulsheim | Pavlovka |
| Fürstenwerder | Balkova / Balkovoye | Petershagen | Kutuzovka |
| Gnadenfeld | Bogdanovka | Pordenau | Vesnyanka |
| Gnadenheim | Balashovka / Balagovka | Prangenau | Stepovyy / Stepovye |
| Gnadental | Blagodatnyy / Blagodatnoye | Rosenort | Vodyanoye / Orlovo |
| Grossweide | Prostoroye / Prostore | Rudnerweide | Rozovka |
| Halbstadt | Molochansk | Rückenau | Rosolugovka / Kozolugovka |
| Hamberg | Kamenka | Schardau | Sharovka / Garovka |
| Hierschau | Vledovka / Vladovka 2 | Schoenau | Dolina |
| Kleefeld | Roskoshyy / Roskoshnvy | Schönsee | Shenze / Snegurevka |
| Klippenfeld | Molonochnoye / Mogochnuye | Sparrau | Zelenyy Gay / Guy Selyoniy |
| Konteniusfeld | Dolgoye / Dovge | Steinbach | Kalinovka |
| Ladekopp | Lakovka / Ladovka | Steinfeld | Sadovyy |
| Landskrone | Lankovyy | Tiege | Tige |
| Lichtenau | Svetlodolinskoye | Tiegenhagen | Levadnoye |
| Lichtfelde | Grushevka | Tiegerweide | Groznyy |
| Liebenau | Mayskoye | Waldheim | Rechnoye |
| Wernersdorf | Preberezhoyne |
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