centuries the lands of new russia after the annexation of the crimea for the first time kherson nikolaev sevastopol ekaterinae safe from wars and raids thanks to potemkin who founded new cities and seaports here , 2,000 species of animals were collected by its owner. including very rare some of them, the falzfein proudly demonstrates to the russian emperor, shocked by what he saw nicholas ii appropriated falzfein. the title of hereditary nobleman already at the beginning of the 19th century. there were about 200 german colonies in the kherson, ekaterinoslav and taurida provinces. in total , almost 2.5 million germans lived in russia on the eve of the first world war, thanks to frugality, hard work and a sober lifestyle. they made a huge contribution to the development of the southern provinces of the russian empire, for example, the odessa company of johann hoehn became the largest manufacturer of agricultural machinery in the south, and the german entrepreneur gustav hartmann founded in in lugansk, a construction steam locomotive famous throughout russia. the factory war and the excesses of foreign occupier