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==== Life in Russia ====
===== Economy =====
The colonists formed villages of fifteen to thirty families, each with 70 ha (175 acres) of land. The settlements retained some communal land and a common granary for use by the poor in lean years. Income from communal property provided funding for large projects, such as forming daughter colonies for the growing population. Insurance was also organized separately and outside of the control of the Russian government.<ref>{{runeberg |url=
Initially the settlers raised cattle, sheep and general crops to provide for their household. The barren steppes were much drier than their Vistula delta homeland and it took years to work out the proper dry-land farming practices. They grew [[mulberries]] for the silk industry, produced honey, flax and [[tobacco]], and marketed fruits and vegetables for city markets. By the 1830s wheat became the dominant crop.<ref>Smith, p. 263.</ref>
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