History of Germans in Russia and the Soviet Union

So, a long time ago, there were people who lived in Germany. But some of those people decided they wanted to move to Russia, which was a big country next door.

At first, the German people who moved to Russia were pretty happy there. They had their own special area to live in and they could speak their own language and practice their own religion. But over time, things got harder for them. The Russian government started to make it more difficult for them to keep their German language and culture, and some of them were treated unfairly because they were seen as different from the other Russian people.

Then, during World War II, things got even worse. The leader of Russia at the time, Joseph Stalin, accused the German people in Russia of being spies and traitors, even though they had been living there for many years. He decided to make them move far away from where they lived and work in places where they were treated very badly. Many people died or suffered a lot during this time.

After the war, some of the German people were allowed to go back to Germany, but not all of them. Some of them had to stay in Russia or moved to other countries. And even today, there are still some German people in Russia, but their history has been a difficult one.