The 1990s were marked by the emigration of many of the country's Russians and Volga Germans, a process that began in the 1970s.

The first Muslim state in Russia was Volga Bulgaria (922).

Despite the fact that in December 1941 the Red Army threw off the German forces from Moscow in a successful counterattack, the Germans retained the strategic initiative for approximately another year and held a deep offensive in the south eastern direction, reaching the Volga and the Caucasus.

The Germans are deeply conflicted.

The Republic of Tatarstan ( ) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic) located in the Volga Federal District.

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were Germans.

Some Germans hosted refugees in their homes.

Seventy years ago, 200,000 Soviet soldiers overwhelmingly male and predominantly Russian crossed the Volga River to the city of Stalingrad.

In another case, an Antonov 28 belonging to Volga Air was grounded in Kigali in March 2005 for airspace violations.

In the 9th century, the Rus' operated the Volga trade route, which connected Northern Russia (Gardariki) with the Middle East (Serkland).

All attempts at modifying the arrangement stopped short of what was needed a political settlement between Germans and Slavs like that between Germans and Magyars.

The Germans have now almost run out of alternatives.

Yet Germans, too, are unable to suppress such feelings.

The Germans are now much too nice for that.

I know that many Germans are uncomfortable with this.

War weary Germans began to demand the Kaiser s abdication.

Wages rose rapidly and most Germans experienced growing prosperity.

If Germans are depressed, Italians are in a coma.

At that time the war with Germans was approaching.

The Black Sea Germans ( ) or Ukrainian Germans are ethnic Germans who left their homelands in the 18th and 19th centuries, and settled in territories off the north coast of the Black Sea, mostly in the territories of the southern Russian Empire (including modern day Ukraine).

Germans refer to this solution as a Schuldenbremse (debt brake).

This did not go down well, particularly with the Germans.

Britons top the list, followed by Germans and the French.

The Germans sold some of their captured horses at auction.

In the 10th century the Turkic population of Volga Bulgaria converted to Islam, which facilitated its trade with the Middle East and Central Asia.

In 1556, the Astrakhan Khanate was conquered by Ivan the Terrible, who had a new fortress built on a steep hill overlooking the Volga.

The Group notes, however, that Uganda failed to notice the irregularity of double registration in the Volga Air incident of March 2005 mentioned above.

Indeed, the weakened Russia that will be Putin s legacy will then also lose the Northern Caucasus and the Volga region to their growing Muslim populations.

As the Volga route declined by the end of the century, the Trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks rapidly overtook it in popularity.

It is true that Germans are incensed about bailing out Greece.

But the Germans and French are now married within the Union.

The Germans, it seems, will do everything except what is needed.

Even the Germans play the passing game with flair and imagination.

The Germans should remember the reparations fiasco of the 1920 s.

At first I was really shy about speaking with the Germans.

Pro Nazi Ferenc Szálasi was made Prime Minister by the Germans.

The same, incidentally, applies to France, except that the French, unlike the Germans, find it difficult to transfer political sovereignty, whereas for us Germans, it is all about the money.

To the Germans, the Chinese probably murmur something about Siemens and Volkswagen.

This is why many Germans wonder whether the foreign criticism is fair.

Germans certainly use this argument to stay out of the action wherever possible.

Given these benefits, it seems masochistic for Germans to oppose the ECB s strategy.

That is not what Merkel or the overwhelming majority of Germans stand for.

During the 1970 s, Germans went overboard, confusing capitalism with self service shops.

For starters, Germans are convinced that they have weathered the crisis extraordinarily well.

As for Germany and the Germans, one hardly recognizes one s own country and people.