Book Review: Chabag: Schweizer Kolonie am schwarzen Meer

Authors

Leo Schelbert

Keywords

Swiss American Historical Society, book review

Abstract

The founding of hoogeneous, ethnically defined settlements represents perhaps the most colorful aspect of migration history. The colony Chabag, located in Bessarabia where the Dnjester river flows into the Black Sea, provides a find example of such a story, traced by H. Gander-Wolf as a labor of love. The settlement, founded in 1822 by the botanist and vine-grower Louis Vincent Tardent from Vevey in French-speaking Switzerland, lasted for five generations until the turbulence of World War Two forced the inhabitants to return to their homeland. Although this study is written by a descendant of the settlers, it is remarkably free from emigre nostalgia, reserved in tone, and scholarly in approach.

Recommended Citation

Schelbert, Leo (1974) "Book Review: Chabag: Schweizer Kolonie am schwarzen Meer," Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter: Vol. 10: Iss. 3, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_newsletter/vol10/iss3/8