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The Black Sea Germans are distinct from the Volga Germans , who were separate both geographically and culturally, although both groups moved to Russia at about the same time and for the same reasons. In southern Russia, the Germans settled in what is now modern-day Ukraine and on the Crimea n Peninsula . This land was gained for Russia by Catherine The Great through her two wars with the Ottoman Empire ( 1768 - 1774 ) and from the annexation of the Crimean Khanate s ( 1783 ). The area of settlement was not settled as compactly as that of the Volga territory, rather it was home to a chain of colonies. The first German settlers arrived in 1787 , first from West Prussia , then later from Western and Southwestern Germany , as well as from the Warsaw area. Most notable were the Mennonites , who were known as capable farmers; Empress Catherine herself sent them a personal invitation to Immigrate . REFERENCES
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