Einwandererzentralstelle
Immigrant Control Center

Unternehmen Barbarossa (Operation Barbarossa) was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that began on 22 June 1941. The original goal was to conquer the European part of the Soviet Union, west of a line connecting the cities of Arkhangelsk on the White Sea in the north and Astrakhan on the Volga River delta at the Caspian Sea in the south.

Although Operation Barbarossa failed, the Germans for a time held huge areas of the western Soviet Union, including the entire regions of Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, plus parts of Russia west of Moscow. The Germans held up to 500,000 sq. mi. of territory with over 75 million people at the end of 1941, and would go on to seize another 250,000 sq. mi. before being forced to retreat.

Ahead of the advancing German army Stalin deported entire ethnic groups to the east. These "preventive" deportations concerned Soviet citizens of "enemy nationality" including ethnic Germans, Finns, Romanians, Italians, and Greeks. In September and October of 1941, 439,000 Volga Germans were deported to Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk and Altai Krais, and Novosibirsk and Omsk Oblasts. In addition more than 300,000 other ethnic Germans from other locations were also deported. The Autonome Sozialistische Sowjet-Republik der Wolga-Deutschen (Autonomous Socialistic Soviet Republic of the Volga Germans) which was founded in 1924 was abolished by Stalin's decree in May 1944.

Military defeats of the German army at Moscow, Stalingrad, and Kursk ultimately led to the withdrawal of German troops from the Soviet Union beginning in 1943. Nazi Germany's war on the Eastern Front lasted from June 1941 until May 1945 when the Russian army took Berlin.

At the end of the war the U.S. Army captured large caches of documents generated by Nazi Germany. These documents were stored in the Berlin Document Center. By agreement control of the Berlin Document Center was transferred to Germany in the early 1990s. As part of this agreement captured German documents were microfilmed and a set of these microfilms was provided to the National Archives and Records Administration.

One subset of these documents was prepared by the Einwandererzentralstelle (EWZ) (Immigrant Control Center) which regulated the naturalization and resettlement of ethnic Germans from German occupied territory between 1939 and 1945. The EWZ collection includes 7,320 rolls of microfilm. These EWZ microfilms are cataloged by the National Archives and Records Administration as follows:

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized, Record Group 242. Microfilmed Records Received from the Berlin Document Center. Einwandererzentrale. Microfilm Publication A3342, Series EWZ.

The record groups among the EWZ collection include the following:

A3342-EWZ50 Anträge (Applications) - files pertaining to the naturalization of ethnic Germans from the Soviet Union

The Anträge consist of about 110,000 files of applications for naturalized German citizenship by ethnic Germans from the Soviet Union. Family groups were processed together when possible. The files are arranged alphabetically (in some cases phonetically) by surname and given name.

Items which may be found in each file include: Volkstumausweis (ethnic identity card); Umsiedlerausweis (resettler identity card); Stammblatt (family tree), a three generation family tree including the applicant, spouse, children, and the applicant's parents; Einbürgerungsantrag (naturalization application); Einbürgerungsverfügung (declaration of naturalization); Abschrift der Einbürgerungsurkunde (duplicate of the naturalization certificate); Mein Lebenslauf (my life's story), a handwritten document by the applicant which highlights major events in the applicant's life; and related correspondence.

It must be pointed out that this process was not voluntary. Ethnic Germans from occupied territory were to be resettled in annexed areas or to Germany.

The EWZ collection also includes Anträge for ethnic Germans from Romania/Bessarabia (EWZ51), Poland (EWZ52), the Baltic states (EWZ53), Yugoslavia (EWZ541), France (EWZ542), Bulgaria (EWZ543), and the South Tyrol (EWZ545). The entire Anträge collection contains over 400,000 files.

A3342-EWZ56 Rasse-Kartei (Race Card Index)

Each card summarizes the racial examination and includes a photograph of the individual. The cards are arranged alphabetically by surname and given name.

A3342-EWZ57 Einwandererkartei (Immigrant Card Index) and Gesundheitskartei (Health Card Index)

These card indexes are collectively known as the E/G Kartei (E/G Card Index). These card indexes include biographical information on more than 2.9 million individuals. Cards were created for each individual aged 15 and older and even deceased members of the family group. The cards are arranged alphabetically by surname and given name.

Each card in the Einwandererkartei includes the individual's name, date and place of birth, religion, marital status, education, profession, relatives traveling in the same group, etc.

The Gesundheitskartei card includes a summary of the individual's health examination and a physical description. The reverse side of the card includes a photograph of the individual.

A3342-EWZ58 Stammblätter (Family Trees)

The Stammblätter are organized by the EWZ case number which can be found in the EWZ50 Anträge and EWZ57 E/G Kartei. The EWZ case number can be found on the very first line of the EWZ57 Immigrant Card.

Each Stammblatt consists of a detailed pedigree of the individual, spouse, children and parents including name, date and place of birth, date and place of marriage. Some Stammblätter also include information about grandparents.

The EWZ57 E/G Kartei digitized microfilms are available from The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints (LDS). See: Einwandererkartei, 1939-1945. (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/730589?availability=Family%20History%20Library) to find the DGS No.

The EWZ58 Stammblätter digitized microfilms are also available from the LDS. See: Stammblätter, 1939-1945. (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/734631?availability=Family%20History%20Library) to find the DGS No.

The EWZ57 E/G Kartei and EWZ58 Stammblätter can only be viewed at a Family History Center.

A conversion table from the National Archives EWZ58 series of microfilm numbers to the LDS microfilm numbers is available. See: EWZ58 Archives-LDS Conversion Table (T. Janzen). (http://odessa3.org/collections/war/ewz/link/ewz58flm.txt).

All of the microfilmed EWZ records are available for viewing in the Microfilm Reading Room at:

National Archives at College Park (Archives II)
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, Maryland 20740-6001
(http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/)

The National Archives staff does not conduct research and National Archives Microfilm Publications are not available via inter-library loan, but specific rolls may be purchased at the current price of $65.00 (domestic) or $68.00 (international) per roll by contacting:

National Archives Trust Fund
P.O. Box 100793
Atlanta, Georgia 30384-0793
Toll-free: (1-800) 234-8861

Indexes to the EWZ50, EWZ57, and EWZ58 series of microfilms are available at:

American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
631 D Street
Lincoln, Nebraska 68502
(http://www.ahsgr.org/)

The indexes to EWZ50 and EWZ57 provide only a range of names that appear on the individual microfilm rolls. The index to EWZ58 is arranged by the EWZ case number.

A portion of the EWZ50 Anträge microfilms have been indexed and these indexes are available online at Odessa: A German-Russian Genealogical Library (http://odessa3.org). The search page can be found at: Odessa 3 Searches (http://odessa3.org/search.html), Data Category: War Records.

The information below which may be of interest to Nieder-Monjou researchers has been extracted from the Anträge indexes found at Odessa.

Last, First	D/M Year	Birth Place	Film	Frame	Remarks
Anschuetz, Elisabeth	25 Dec 1875	Mannheim	A3342-EWZ50-A013	0460	geb. Anschuetz
Anschuetz, Jakob	7 Apr 1914	Mannheim	A3342-EWZ50-A013	0460
Anschuetz, Philipp	1 Mar 1876	Mannheim	A3342-EWZ50-A013	0460
Source: EWZ Index for Miscellaneous Films 145 (E. Bischoff). Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 13 Jan 2006. Copyright 2006, Edward Bischoff. (http://odessa3.org/collections/war/ewz/link/ewzms145.txt)

Last, First	D/M Year	Birth Place	Film	Frame	Remarks
Buss, Amalie	4 Aug 1925	Alexanderhoeh	A3342-EWZ50-A093	0142
Buss, Christian	1856	Niedermonschu	A3342-EWZ50-A093	0142
Buss, Christian	19 Aug 1888	Alexanderhoeh	A3342-EWZ50-A093	0142
Buss, Ira	11 Feb 1937	Savkos Krasnoe	A3342-EWZ50-A093	0142
Buss, Marie	1858	Urbach	A3342-EWZ50-A093	0142	geb. Herdt
Buss, Marie	5 May 1916	Vorosilovka	A3342-EWZ50-A093	0142	geb. Cerno

Buss, Dorothea

5 Apr 1889

Alexanderhoeh

A3342-EWZ50-A093

0150

geb. Koppe

Buss, Christian	19 Aug 1888	Alexanderhoeh	A3342-EWZ50-A093	0406
Buss, Dorothea	5 Apr 1889	Alexanderhoeh	A3342-EWZ50-A093	0406	geb. Koppe
Buss, Katharina	8 Jun 1911	Alexanderhoeh	A3342-EWZ50-A093	0406
Buss, Rufina	16 Mar 1939	Krasnoe Selo	A3342-EWZ50-A093	0406	father: Leonhard Sergeev
Buss, Woldemar	11 Oct 1937	Krasnoe Selo	A3342-EWZ50-A093	0406	father: Leonhard Sergeev
Source: EWZ Index for Miscellaneous Films 153 (E. Wise). Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 13 Jan 2006. Copyright 2006, Elli Wise. (http://odessa3.org/collections/war/ewz/link/ewzms153.txt)

Last, First	D/M Year	Birth Place	Film	Frame	Remarks
Eckert, Christian	16 Jan 1888		A3342-EWZ50-B033	1468
Eckert, Heinrich	1 Nov 1918	Nieder-Montschu	A3342-EWZ50-B033	1468
Eckert, Martha	25 Jul 1888		A3342-EWZ50-B033	1468	geb. Funk

Eckert, Anna	21 Nov 1897	Gratzke [Kratzke]	A3342-EWZ50-B033	1488	geb. Jung
Eckert, Heinrich	25 Mar 1921	Marxstadt	A3342-EWZ50-B033	1488
Eckert, Jakob	29 Jun 1887	Nieder-Mumgo	A3342-EWZ50-B033	1488
Source: EWZ Index for Miscellaneous Films 113 (E. Bischoff). Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 16 Mar 2005. Copyright 2005, Edward Bischoff. (http://odessa3.org/collections/war/ewz/link/ewzms113.txt)

Last, First	D/M Year	Birth Place	Film	Frame	Remarks
Bondarenko, Senjon	1896	Gorodischtsche	A3342-EWZ50-B089	0792
Bondarenko, Vera	1898	Gorodischtsche	A3342-EWZ50-B089	0792	geb. Derushinskij
Funk, Alexander	2 Jan 1918	Nieder-Monjou	A3342-EWZ50-B089	0792
Funk, Barbara	24 Mar 1925	Gorodischtsche	A3342-EWZ50-B089	0792	geb. Bondarenko
Funk, Dorothea	1885	Nieder-Monjou	A3342-EWZ50-B089	0792	geb. Eggert [Eckert]
Funk, Heinrich	1880	Nieder-Monjou	A3342-EWZ50-B089	0792

Funk, Anna	2 Apr 1880	Nieder-Monjou	A3342-EWZ50-B089	0900	geb. Funk
Funk, Konard	1836	Nieder-Monjou	A3342-EWZ50-B089	0900
Funk, Maria	1840	Nieder-Monjou	A3342-EWZ50-B089	0900	geb. Rueb

Funk, Andreas	1938	Brigodirsk	A3342-EWZ50-B090	0016
Funk, Elisabeth	1897	Nieder-Monjon	A3342-EWZ50-B090	0016	geb. Mueller
Funk, Emma	1941	Brigodirsk	A3342-EWZ50-B090	0016
Funk, Ida	1941	Brigodirsk	A3342-EWZ50-B090	0016
Funk, Karl	20 Sep 1895	Nieder-Monjon	A3342-EWZ50-B090	0016
Funk, Karl	27 Jan 1937	Brigodirsk	A3342-EWZ50-B090	0016
Funk, Peter	1874	Nieder-Monjon	A3342-EWZ50-B090	0016
Funk, Sofie	1874	Nieder-Monjon	A3342-EWZ50-B090	0016	geb. Buss
Source: EWZ Index for Miscellaneous Films 86 (E. Bischoff). Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 16 May 2004. Copyright 2004, Edward Bischoff. (http://odessa3.org/collections/war/ewz/link/ewzmsc86.txt)

Last, First	D/M Year	Birth Place	Film	Frame	Remarks
Graef, Heinrich	1869	Marxstadt	A3342-EWZ50-C026	1636
Graef, Karl	2 Apr 1915	Marxstadt	A3342-EWZ50-C026	1636
Graef, Margarethe	17 Jul 1916	Boregard	A3342-EWZ50-C026	1636	geb. Stoppel
Graef, Maria	1879	Marxstadt	A3342-EWZ50-C026	1636	geb. Schulz
Graef, Viktor	1 Jun 1936	Marxstadt	A3342-EWZ50-C026	1636
Graef, Viktoria	15 Jun 1938	Marxstadt	A3342-EWZ50-C026	1636
Source: EWZ Index for Miscellaneous Films 116 (E. Wise). Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 13 Feb 2005. Copyright 2005, Elli Wise. (http://odessa3.org/collections/war/ewz/link/ewzms116.txt)

Last, First	D/M Year	Birth Place	Film	Frame	Remarks
Hickst [Hicks], Karl	5 Apr 1870	Nieder-Monjou	A3342-EWZ50-D002	1304
Hickst [Hicks], Marie	16 Mar 1877	Nieder-Monjou	A3342-EWZ50-D002	1304	geb. Stoppel
Source: EWZ Index for Miscellaneous Films 80 (E. Bischoff). Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 6 Jan 2004. Copyright 2004, Edward Bischoff. (http://odessa3.org/collections/war/ewz/link/ewzmsc80.txt)

Last, First	D/M Year	Birth Place	Film	Frame	Remarks
Kress, David	1879	Chkalowka	A3342-EWZ50-F062	0500
Kress, Maria	1884	Reinwald	A3342-EWZ50-F062	0500	geb. Steinepreis
Mosharowsky, Michael	31 Dec 1902	Dorf Chlipnowka, Kiew	A3342-EWZ50-F062	0500
Mosharowsky, Therese	9 Mar 1906	Baku, Aserbaidshan [Azerbaijan]	A3342-EWZ50-F062	0500	geb. Kress
Mosharowsky, Valentin	26 Mar 1929	Armawir, Krasnodar	A3342-EWZ50-F062	0500

Mueller, Alexander	17 Oct 1919	Nieder Monjon	A3342-EWZ50-F063	2050
Mueller, Dorothea	14 Jun 1898	Nieder Monjon	A3342-EWZ50-F063	2050	geb. Mueller
Mueller, Peter	21 Apr 1898	Nieder Monjon	A3342-EWZ50-F063	2050
Source: EWZ Index for Miscellaneous Films 155 (E. Wise). Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 13 Jan 2006. Copyright 2006, Elli Wise. (http://odessa3.org/collections/war/ewz/link/ewzms155.txt)

Last, First	D/M Year	Birth Place	Film	Frame	Remarks
Mueller, Christian	16 Aug 1888	Niedermunscha	A3342-EWZ50-F065	1388
Mueller, Heinrich	29 Apr 1912	Niedermunscha	A3342-EWZ50-F065	1388
Mueller, Maria	11 Feb 1891	Niedermunscha	A3342-EWZ50-F065	1388	geb. Schmidt

Mueller, Heinrich	1891	Nieder Monjou, Krasny Jar	A3342-EWZ50-F065	1408
Mueller, Heinrich	14 Aug 1913	Nieder Monjou, Krasny Jar	A3342-EWZ50-F065	1408
Mueller, Sophie	1891	Uhrbach [Urbach]	A3342-EWZ50-F065	1408	geb. Pister
Mueller, Sophie	29 Aug 1914	Nieder Monjou, Krasny Jar	A3342-EWZ50-F065	1408	geb. Eciart [Eckert]

Mueller, Anna	20 Jul 1915	Mariental, Stalino	A3342-EWZ50-F065	2926	geb. Sulzbach
Mueller, Dorothea	1888	Nieder Monjou, Krasny Jar	A3342-EWZ50-F065	2926	geb. Wolf
Mueller, Elwira	5 Jun 1939	Liebenfold [Liebenfeld?]	A3342-EWZ50-F065	2926
Mueller, Georg	1885	Nieder Monjou, Krasny Jar	A3342-EWZ50-F065	2926
Mueller, Jakob	26 Nov 1915	Nieder Monjou, Krasny Jar	A3342-EWZ50-F065	2926
Source: EWZ Index for Miscellaneous Films 156 (E. Wise). Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 13 Jan 2006. Copyright 2006, Elli Wise. (http://odessa3.org/collections/war/ewz/link/ewzms156.txt)

Last, First	D/M Year	Birth Place	Film	Frame	Remarks
Muhl, Ella	28 Sep 1916	Kind, Marxstadt	A3342-EWZ50-F069	1040	geb. Graef
Muhl, Elwine	2 Oct 1887	Niedermonjou	A3342-EWZ50-F069	1040	geb. Rueb
Muhl, Friedrich	18 Jul 1915	Paulskoje, Volga	A3342-EWZ50-F069	1040
Muhl, Jakob	18 Mar 1889	Niedermonjou	A3342-EWZ50-F069	1040
Muhl, Waldemar	8 May 1938	Marxstadt	A3342-EWZ50-F069	1040
Source: EWZ Index for Miscellaneous Films 195 (E. Wise). Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 6 Jan 2007. Copyright 2006, Elli Wise. (http://odessa3.org/collections/war/ewz/link/ewzms195.txt)

Last, First	D/M Year	Birth Place	Film	Frame	Remarks
Funk, Anna	1880	Nieder Monjou, ASSR d WD	A3342-EWZ50-G021	2216	geb. Funk
Funk, Peter	1870	Nieder Monjou, ASSR d WD	A3342-EWZ50-G021	2216
Pawlow, Katharina	13 Dec 1904	Nieder Monjou, ASSR d WD	A3342-EWZ50-G021	2216	geb. Funk
Pawlow, Kirill	1910	Solzy, Leningrad	A3342-EWZ50-G021	2216
Pawlow, Nikolaus	19 Jun 1942	Kislowodsk	A3342-EWZ50-G021	2216
Source: EWZ Index for Miscellaneous Films 93 (A. Marthaller). Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 16 May 2004. Copyright 2004, Aubrey B. Marthaller. (http://odessa3.org/collections/war/ewz/link/ewzmsc93.txt)

Last, First	D/M Year	Birth Place	Film	Frame	Remarks
Rein, Christian	23 Feb 1896	Reinwald	A3342-EWZ50-G064	1676
Rein, Christian	24 Jul 1923	Borgard [Boregard]	A3342-EWZ50-G064	1676
Rein, Lydia	19 Jan 1926	Saporoshje	A3342-EWZ50-G064	1676
Rein, Maria	22 Jul 1900	Borgard [Boregard]	A3342-EWZ50-G064	1676	geb. Stoppel
Source: EWZ Index for Miscellaneous Films 103 (E. Wise). Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 11 Oct 2004. Copyright 2004, Elli Wise. (http://odessa3.org/collections/war/ewz/link/ewzms103.txt)

Last, First	D/M Year	Birth Place	Film	Frame	Remarks
Schaefer, Amalie	7 Dec 1900	Nieder-Monjou	A3342-EWZ50-H018	0088	geb. Schaefer
Schaefer, Dorothea	1876	Nieder-Monjou	A3342-EWZ50-H018	0088	geb. Rueb
Schaefer, Jakob	1875	Nieder-Monjou	A3342-EWZ50-H018	0088
Schaefer, Philipp	1865	Straub	A3342-EWZ50-H018	0088
Schaefer, Philipp	17 Nov 1896	Straub	A3342-EWZ50-H018	0088

Schaefer, Alexander	1876	Fischer	A3342-EWZ50-H018	2842
Schaefer, Jakob	12 Feb 1878	Fischer	A3342-EWZ50-H018	2842

Schaefer, David	18 Jun 1938	Smolewitschi	A3342-EWZ50-H019	0574
Schaefer, Karl	22 Aug 1906	Nieder Monjon	A3342-EWZ50-H019	0574
Schaefer, Katharina	26 May 1930	Minsk	A3342-EWZ50-H019	0574
Schaefer, Maria	15 Jun 1908	Hussenbach	A3342-EWZ50-H019	0574	geb. Moor

Schaefer, Anna	4 Jul 1931	Minsk	A3342-EWZ50-H019	0804
Schaefer, Jakob	14 May 1898	Nieder Mundschu	A3342-EWZ50-H019	0804
Schaefer, Katharina	16 Aug 1900	Kratzke	A3342-EWZ50-H019	0804	geb. Michaelis
Schaefer, Katharina	7 Feb 1929	Minsk	A3342-EWZ50-H019	0804

Schaefer, Amalie	7 Dec 1900	Nieder-Monjou	A3342-EWZ50-H019	2824	geb. Schaefer
Schaefer, Anna	1 Apr 1924	Minsk	A3342-EWZ50-H019	2824
Schaefer, Dorothea	1876	Nieder-Monjou	A3342-EWZ50-H019	2824	geb. Rueb
Schaefer, Jakob	1875	Nieder-Monjou	A3342-EWZ50-H019	2824
Schaefer, Peter	28 Jun 1932	Minsk	A3342-EWZ50-H019	2824
Schaefer, Philipp	1863	Straub	A3342-EWZ50-H019	2824
Schaefer, Philipp	17 Nov 1896	Straub	A3342-EWZ50-H019	2824
Source: EWZ Index for Miscellaneous Films 134 (E. Bischoff). Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 14 Aug 2005. Copyright 2005, Edward Bischoff. (http://odessa3.org/collections/war/ewz/link/ewzms134.txt)

Last, First	D/M Year	Birth Place	Film	Frame	Remarks
Hickst [Hicks], Karl	5 Apr 1870	Nieder Monjou	A3342-EWZ50-I013	2916
Hickst [Hicks], Marie	16 Mar 1877	Nieder Monjou	A3342-EWZ50-I013	2916	geb. Stoppel
Sommer, David	1908	Chortitza	A3342-EWZ50-I013	2916
Sommer, Emilie	15 Oct 1914	Dubowka, Stalingrad	A3342-EWZ50-I013	2916	geb. Hickst [Hicks]
Sommer, Ludmilla	9 May 1938	Orlow	A3342-EWZ50-I013	2916
Sommer, Peter	15 Sep 1943	Alexanderstadt	A3342-EWZ50-I013	2916
Source: EWZ Index for Miscellaneous Films 152 (E. Wise). Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 13 Jan 2006. Copyright 2006, Elli Wise. (http://odessa3.org/collections/war/ewz/link/ewzms152.txt)

Last, First	D/M Year	Birth Place	Film	Frame	Remarks
Wissmer, Friedrich	1874	Nieder Munshu	A3342-EWZ50-J025	1078
Wissmer, Friedrich	7 Mar 1921	Swono Rewgut	A3342-EWZ50-J025	1078
Wissmer, Magdalena	1878		A3342-EWZ50-J025	1078	geb. Braun
Wissmer, Sinaida	6 Mar 1920	Demidow	A3342-EWZ50-J025	1078	geb. Zwetkow
Zwetkow, Alexandra	15 Mar 1902	Smolensk	A3342-EWZ50-J025	1078	geb. Sacharenko
Zwetkow, Paul	1894	Demidow	A3342-EWZ50-J025	1078
Source: EWZ Index for Miscellaneous Films 3 (E. Wise). Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 5 Oct 2000. Copyright 2000, Elli Wise. (http://odessa3.org/collections/war/ewz/link/ewzmisc3.txt)

Notes:
1.	Boregard (Beauregard), Fischer, Marxstadt (Katharinenstadt), Nieder-Monjou, Reinwald, Straub, and Urbach were all evangelical Wiesenseite Volga German Mother Colonies.
2.	Hussenbach and Kratzke were evangelical Bergseite Volga German Mother Colonies.
3.	Alexanderhoeh was an evangelical Wiesenseite Daughter Colony.
4.	Gorodischtsche was an evangelical colony in Volhynia, Ukraine. Volhynia is a region in western Ukraine located between the rivers Pripyat and Western Bug.
5.	Baku is the capital and the largest city of Azerbaijan.
6.	Kislowodsk (Kislovodsk) is a city in the North Caucasus region, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
7.	Saporoshje (Zaporozhye) is a town situated about 600 km southeast of Kiev, Ukraine's capital.
8.	Minsk is the capital and largest city in Belarus.
9.	Smolensk is a city in western Russia, located on the Dnieper River.

Prepared by Steven Grau 2007