![]() It shows the colours of Germany, three horizontal stripes in black, red and gold, and in the center a golden bordered black scutcheon with a golden wheat in the middle. See: Īccording to this website: “The flag of the Volga Germans is a more recent creation It has nothing to do with the flag of the former Soviet Republic of the Volga Germans. This flag is shown as the national flag of the living descendants of Volga Germans living in Russia and Middle Asia. After the war years, many of the remaining Volga Germans moved from the Soviet Union back to Germany. During World War II, the Soviet government considered the Volga Germans undesirables and sent them to work camps in Siberia and other points east to die. Others immigrated to Canada, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil. Many Volga Germans later emigrated to the North and South Dakota and other western states as far south as Kansas to escape persecution. As immigrants to Russia in the 18th century they kept their culture, language, traditions, and Lutheran and Catholic churches. The Volga Germans (Wolgadeutsche) were Germans living along the Volga River in Russia. “Territorial Association of the Russian Germans” shows a flag with the same shield. The implication is that is used by the people today. Top comment: This flag was posted by Ronald-Jan Rieger as a quiz on FOTW-fb and identified as “Volga Germans community flag”. Flag of the Volga Germans from /r/vexillology
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