Waldemar Herdt — bundestag member with roots in the USSR
Waldemar Herdt is a German politician of the CDU who was born in Kazakhstan (then USSR) and is a Russlanddeutsche (ethnic German from Russia/USSR). He served as a Member of the German Bundestag and represents the significant community of ethnic Germans who repatriated from the former Soviet Union.
Tracing the roots — Kazakhstan (USSR)
Born in Kazakhstan (USSR) to an ethnic German family — the Russlanddeutsche community descended from Germans who settled in Russia and Central Asia under Catherine the Great — Herdt represents one of Germany's most significant immigrant communities from the former Soviet sphere. Over 3 million Russlanddeutsche emigrated to Germany after 1990.
Another representative of the ethnic German community from the USSR.
Kazakhstan (USSR). At the time, this region was one of the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union.