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(Source: Conrad Keller, "The German Colonies in South Russia 1804 to 1904" - Translated from the German edition by Anthony Becker with some revisions by Adam Giesinger) - Annotated by Peter Mock
April 1808 Johannes Malsam received a silver medallion from Tsar Alexander I.
1812 Through a glove the plague spread from Odessa to Kleinliebental, and 29 people died.
1812 In 1812 two houses in which people died because of the plague were burned down.
April 28, 1814 In 1814 the community of Kleinliebenthal had only 40 dessatine(1 of land per family and they had to pay 15 kopecks per dessatine land tax; they promised to pay 18 kopecks if the government would give 60 dessatine to each family.
May 17, 1814 Through Inspector Hippius the first wolf hunt was organized.
June 9, 1814 Mayor Anton Wolf died, on the 16th of June Joseph Baumann was chosen in his place.
July 28, 1814 Mayor Joseph Baumann resigned because M. Wolf and J. Sahly accused him of drinking up the money of the community treasury. He (Baumann) demanded satisfaction.
September 1815 Peter Stein built an oil press. The necessary parts for its construction he obtained from Kiev.
October 9, 1815 J. Paulo was suspected of keeping company with thieves. He had, despite a poor harvest, bought three pair of oxen. The mayor's office requested to see the lawful transaction. This offended Paulo, and he started to quarrel and insult and called the mayor a turkey thief. The mayor turned him over to higher authorities and asked for help and satisfaction.
December 11, 1815 The debtors of Franz Brittner (formerly district mayor) are supposed to pay their debt; but the municipality said no, because Brittner's sheep ate half the haystack of the community of Kleinliebental, and they requested that Brittner pay 20 kopeck damages for each of the 900 sheep.
December 30, 1815 The Kleinliebenthal people received verbal authority from Duke Richelieu to sleep their cattle in their pastures.
December 31, 1815 School teacher Adam Erk had some sacred books for sale. The community land of Kleinliebenthal was surveyed for the first time in 1807.
January 5, 1816 The Kleinliebenthal wine merchant Jakob Hurlein informed the community that the price of brandy was as follows: Prostoi-brandy 7 rubles per Wedro(2, Anis 14 rubles per Wedro, Wischnovka 14 rubles per Wedro,Bitters 14 rubles per Wedro. The Kleinliebenthal community complained about the high price and requested a new contract from the innkeeper.
March 1, 1816 Kleinliebental Community accused Inspector Hippius on the following grounds: 1.) He became drunk on punch. 2.) On the 26th of February, he had requested that butter and eggs be collected from the community for himself 3.) He requested that every landowner plant 20 pounds of summer wheat for him. 4.) Every time he came to the colony, he wanted his purse filled. 5.) He requested two Tschetwert of wheat from F. Däschle in return for not punishing him for a misdemeanor.
April 2, 1816 For the year 1815, the Kleinliebental community paid 1,001 rubles, 15 kopecks for land taxes and head taxes.
May 19, 1816 In 1816 the number of animals in Kleinliebenthal were as follows: 300 horses; 320 oxen; 490 cows; 361 calves; 10 sheep; 335 pigs. In the fall of 1816 there was an epidemic of foot and mouth disease.
October 15, 1816 The nobleman Schosdak was looking for apprentices for his clothing factory.
1816 The Kleinliebenthal mayor received 30 rubles, the secretary 150 rubles, the midwife 24 rubles.


1)
dessatine = Russian measurement (=1,093 ha)
2) Wedro = old Russian measurement for liquids (=12.3 liters)

 

     
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