Zug (Gattung), a German Catholic colony, was established on the "Wiesenseite"  or "meadow side" of the Volga River on the 10th of August 1767 by Baron Caneau de Beauregard.

Population of the Village

YEAR	Households	Total	Male	Female
1767
1769		133
1773	43	157	84	73
1788	37	196	99	97
1798	40	238	125	116
1816	66	415	215	200
1834	106	783	406	377
1850	150	1,357	675	682
1857	195	1,420	714	706
1859		1,339
1883		1,996
1889		2,127
1897		2,415
1905		2,975
1910	448	3,216	1,645	1,571
1912		3,606
1926	169	2,435		1,248

1931

2,813

Ivan Ihl and his family from Zug (Gattung), Russia. 
This family lived in Zug before the World War II.
The photo was taken after World War II at the Ural.
Photo courtesy of Olga Ihl

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

1798 HEADS of FAMILIES:  Albert, Bartis, Bauer, Becker, Berg, Biel, Bittingheimer, Blessi, Bock, Braun, Decker, Deisel, Depperschmidt, Diehl, Dieter, Dornhof / Dornhoff, Emer ?, Engel, Fablering, Foos, Fuchs, Gaikin, Gateau, Glaser / Glasser, Gorsch, Gotz, Hahn, Hammerschmidt, Hecht, Heckman, Heiligmeier, Herman, Ihl, Johann, Karl, Kauzlin?, Flack / Flag, Gerold, Glass, Grab, Grepin, Kirchhessen, Kirchlesser, Klaus, Kleispies, Knoll, Kohn, Konig, Kraus, Kuntz, Laideman, Lang, Lattigan, Lechner, Leiner, Louis, Lurie?, Mai, Mash?, Marsch, Martens / Martins, Marx, Meier, Meis, Metzler, Neustadt,Mitter, Muller, Paul, Pfannenstiel, Pichmeier, Pihl, Qui?, Reberger, Regner, Ross, Rossman, Schmidt, Schneider, Schley, Schmelzer, Schon, Schraus, Schuck, Schuy ?, Schwie ?, Seiler, Simon, Stecklein, Stengel, Strauss, Tornef, Trouba, Urich, Weiman, and Weisbecker

1834 HEADS of FAMILIES:

1857 Index of Surnames from Census: