Parapara, Ismail, Bessarabia

Parapara was founded in 1916 by settlers from Basyrjamka, Hoffnungsfeld, Gnadental, Neu Arzis and Neu Elft. It was a part of the Arzis Protestant parish.

In 1939, the population was 160.  Today the village is defunct. 

Plat map of Parapara

Source: 1986 Heimatkalender der Bessarabiendeutschen

Map courtesy of the Black Sea German Research plat map collection

Location of Parapara

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Sources: 

• 1986 Heimatkalender der Bessarabiendeutschen, Emil Seitz Arthur Kräenbring
• Black Sea German Research website, plat map collection
• Germans from Russia Heritage Society, Village of Parapara
• Germans from Russia Settlement Locations, Bessarabian Colonies map
• German-Russian Handbook, Ulrich Mertens, p. 599 

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