Reading List
Catherine - The Volga Flows Forever ~ Book One
by Sigrid Weidenweber
"The personal and professional triumphs and tribulations of this remarkable woman are retold by the author, whose research into the life of Catherine reveals a new perspective on Catherine, from the inside out." This accurately researched novel bring to life the era and the account of Russia's great leader, Catherine the Great.
The Volga Germans - The Volga Flows Forever ~ Book Two
by Sigrid Weidenweber
The Volga Germans is the second volume in Sigrid Weidenweber’s trilogy "The Volga Flows Forever." The fascinating story of the courageous Volga German immigrants and their descendants civilized the Russian frontier, converted the harsh steppe to fields of grain with wind-driven flour mills and developed a culture uniquely their own. They survived, over a century, savage attacks of marauding tribes, unpredictable, harsh climate, and the vagaries of tsarist edicts.
From Gulag to Freedom - The Volga Flows Forever ~ Book Three
by Sigrid Weidenweber
From Gulag to Freedom is the third volume in Sigrid Weidenweber’s trilogy "The Volga Flows Forever." The heroine of this third volume, Katya, is a bright, energetic, and resourceful Volga German girl, a worthy descendant of those first pioneers of the steppe revealed in the second volume. The author artfully illuminates dress, colors, textures, foods, and challenges as Katya embarks upon an adventurous escape from a gulag on the arctic tundra, making her way to central California where she becomes a part of the Volga German community established there decades before she arrived.
