In 2009, my cousin Alex and I had a book published in the German language.
This was a labour of love....our grandmother's were sisters...and we both had listened to all their stories as we grew up.
On my many trips to Russia, I was able to compile a large archive of historical documents from former Soviet archives....all dealing with the history of our little village.
Now out of print, the book has been made available online thanks to special permission from Lora Dreiser, Alex's widow.
I post this for posterity here.