Colony (Russian Empire)

In the Russian Empire, a colony (Russian: колония) was a type of settlement, typically agricultural, created under government encouragement in sparsely populated territories. Most commonly they were created by foreigners invited to resettle to Russia^[1]^[2] but there were also efforts to create Jewish colonies for resettling Jews from other areas within the Pale of settlement. The settlers were called colonists (Russian: колонисты).

For example, this was done in newly acquired lands, such as Novorossiya and Bessarabia.^[2]

References

^ Bartlett R. P. Human Capital: The Settlement of Foreigners in Russia 1762–1804. Cambridge, 1979
^ ^a ^b Brandes D. Von den Zaren adoptiert: Die deutschen Kolonisten und Balkansiedler in Neurussland und Bessarabien 1751–1914. München, 1993.

[bart-1] Bartlett R. P. Human Capital: The Settlement of Foreigners in Russia 1762–1804. Cambridge, 1979

[brand-2] Brandes D. Von den Zaren adoptiert: Die deutschen Kolonisten und Balkansiedler in Neurussland und Bessarabien 1751–1914. München, 1993.

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