Name of a village near Rschew
 

Hi all,

Attached is a scan of the back of photo. As far as I can make out it reads "bei Roro???? (Rschew)".

Can any one identify this village near Rshew?

Thanks in advance,
Rudi.

Re: Name of a village near Rschew
 

My immediate thought was BORODINO, ENE of Vyazma and SE of Rzhev.

L.

Re: Name of a village near Rschew
 

Seems to be:

village Rorowino ???

Re: Name of a village near Rschew
 

in the Russian no basis word "Roro ..."
May be "Korovino" - NW Rzhev
Regards,
Kirill

Re: Name of a village near Rschew
 

The first letter is a Sütterlin "K"; the last a sloppy Sütterlin "o". I would go for written "Korowino" which would confirm Kirill´s reading.

Regards

Roland

Re: Name of a village near Rschew
 

Korovino
There are at least 36 of them in Russia. This is the only one I could locate in Tver Oblast, which is the same Oblast where Rzhev is located:
- 173 km ENE of Rzhev and 46 km NNE of Klin at 56 42 52 N – 37 01 14 E. It appears to be just about the furthest point of advance of 3. Panzergruppe on 5 December 1941.

L.

Re: Name of a village near Rschew
 

Sorry, but "коровы" (cows) in the Tver region is not less than the cows in Texas...
http://www.etomesto.ru/map-atlas_ost...31&y=56.358108
Alternatively versions, the same look map

Re: Name of a village near Rschew
 

So Korovino it is. Thanks everyone for your help. Very much appreciated.

Regards,
Rudi.

Re: Name of a village near Rschew
 

It seems I spoke too soon. The place I'm looking for was still in german occupation in the spring of 1942.

Regards,
Rudi.

Re: Name of a village near Rschew
 

So this would read "bei Korowino (Rschew)" - perhaps this was a suburb or district of Rzhev that was destroyed in the heavy fighting for the town or had its name changed or deleted after the war? I think "bei" was/is used to indicate close by in the sense of a radius of not more than 10-15 kilometers?

L.