About two million Russlanddeutsche emigrated to Germany from the 1990s; many have ancestors in Uzbekistan — Trudarmee deportees and those who died in Tashkent or Samarkand in the 1960s–1980s. This guide is for them.
Gather family data in German and Russian, with all spelling variants. Request a death certificate copy via the German embassy in Tashkent or the Uzbek consulate in Berlin (3–8 weeks, ~€40 + translation).
The cemetery archive responds best to Russian or Uzbek, not German. Lutheran families typically lie in the Botkin evangelical section; Mennonite families in rural cemeteries around Tashkent.
Payment from Germany works via SEPA, card, or Wise; we invoice in euro.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, we handle German via email, WhatsApp and Telegram. The search itself runs in Russian / Uzbek at the Uzbek archives.
Yes. A sworn Russian–German translation is arranged separately, either via a sworn translator in Germany or via the consulate. We refer trusted partners.