Founded: 1805
German Name: Peterstal, Russian Name: Petrovka/Petrowka, Ukrainian Name: Petrodolinskoje
Religion: Evangelical
Pioneer settler surnames: Angelmann, Arnold, Balliet, Bauer, Becker, Benz, Bibelheimer, Binder, Bingenheimer, Brandner, Breitenstein, Brennemann, Bretter, BrÖckel, Deuffel, Falkner, FrÜh, Fuchs, Fugmann, Gänder, Genther, Gimbel, Görres, GÖtz, Graf, Gross, Gunkel, Heger, Hild, Hilong, Hirsch, Humann, Hust, Jakwart, Kast, Kipp, Klemens, Kohler, Krämer, Kraus, Lautenschläger, Lautermilch, Lebert, Leno, Maier, Martin, Nessel, Oberländer, Pflug, Riedinger, Rieger, Roth, Schäfer, Schenk, Schneider, Schock, Schopp, Schweinfurth, Staiger, Steiger, Teufel, Wahler, Weissenbach, Wolf, Zechmeister. (Source: Homesteaders on the Steppe by Joseph S. Height and Erinnerungen an die deutschen Kolonien des Grossliebentaler Rayons bei Odessa by Eduard Mack.) Search the Black Sea database (
http://www.blackseagr.org/blksea-db/searchform.php) for these settlers.
Articles:
GDO Newsletter - Peterstal Abducted Men - Volume 3 Issue 1, page 1
GDO Newsletter - Peterstal Census Book - Volume 5 Issue 2, page 2
Books:
Auswanderung Aus Schwaben Nach Russland 1816-1823 by Dr. Georg Leibbrandt
Erinnerungen an die deutschen Kolonien des Grossliebentaler Rayons bei Odessa by Eduard Mack (pages 219-232)
From Catherine to Khruschev by Dr. Adam Giesinger (pages 102-105)
Homesteaders on the Steppe by Joseph S. Height (pages 83, 174-183, 344-345)
The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 – 1862 by Karl Stumpp (pages 623-626)
Census Records:
1816 Census available in the Stumpp book
Liebental District Odessa 1812 Census by GRHS
Peterstal Liebental District Odessa 1858 Census by GRHS and AHSGR
Church Records:
Peterstal Liebental District Odessa 1841 – 1860 Church Family Book by GRHS
Peterstal Liebental District Odessa 1861 – 1880 Church Family Book by GRHS
St. Petersburg Archives Freudental Parish for the years 183X – 188X (available online at
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1469151)
St. Petersburg Annual Reports 1899-1917
Village History - 1848 (available online at
http://grhs.org/vr/vhistory/peterstal.htm)
Plat Map: Erinnerungen an die deutschen Kolonien des Grossliebentaler Rayons bei Odessa by Eduard Mack (page 232)