Founded: 1814 (By 16 families from Württemberg, 9 from Baden, 18 from West Prussia, 22 from Mecklenberg, and 2 from Saxony.)
German name: Borodino
Apparently also known as Saok and Alexander
Books:
* From Catherine to Khruschev by Dr. Adam Giesinger (page 117)
* The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 – 1862 by Karl Stumpp (pp. 512-515)
* Auswanderung Aus Schwaben Nach Russland 1816-1823 by Dr. Georg Leibbrandt (Chapter 40, copy available at the GRHS)
* Homeland Book of the Bessarabian Germans by Pastor Albert Kern, village history (pp.124-125), list of MIA/deaths in WWI/II pp. 220-222.
Websites:
* Armin Zimmerman's website:
http://www.armin-zimmermann.eu/Bessarab ... lisch.html* Judy Remmick-Hubert's website:
http://www.remmick.org/Borodino.Bess.History/1848 village history:
http://grhs.org/vr/vhistory.htmChurch records:
* Available in the St. Pete records
* For other available church records, see
http://www.blackseagr.org/bess_films.htmlCensus records:
* Available in the Black Sea German-Russian Census Vol. II