Mariental (Tonkoschurovka), was founded on 16 June 1766 by LeRoy and Pictet as a Roman Catholic colony.

Population of the Village (Courtesy of Center for Volga German Studies)

YEAR	Households	Total	Male	Female
1767	92	360
1769		358	180	178
1773	87	400	190	210
1788	82	385	186	199
1798	82	385	186	199
1816	152	924	498	426
1834	242	1,1777	886	891
1850	336	2,957	1,496	1,461
1857	397	3,500	1,768	1,732
1859	399	3,663	1,857	1,806
1887		5,058
1910	884	6,663	3,296	3,367
1912		7,566
1920		7,133
1922		4,570
1926	893	4,883	2,350	2,533

According to researcher, Dr. Igor Pleve, he lists those first settlers in his book "Einwanderung in das Wolgagebeit, 1764-1767, Band 2" as: (to be added soon)

FIRST SETTLERS LIST - HEADS of FAMILIES:

1798 HEADS of FAMILIES:  

1816/1834 HEADS of FAMILIES:

1850 HEADS of FAMILIES:

1895 INDEX of SURNAMES from FAMILY LIST:

Links of Interest

• Mariental on the Kar'man River - Our Heartache and our Love