Treffen Tuesday: A German from Russia Dreams of Karakul Sheep

Allyn Brosz will provide an overview of Dr. Charles Christian Young, a Bessarabian German from Neu-Elft who imported the first Karakul sheep into the United States. His remarkable life story starts with his birth as Karl Jung in Bessarabia, his immigration to the U.S., his training as a medical doctor, his personal friendship with President Theodore Roosevelt, and his return to Russia, where the Tsar’s government assisted his procurement of Karakul sheep from local tribesmen in Central Asia. Allyn is a South Dakota native with German-Russian ancestry in Bessarabia and the Glückstal colonies of the Tsarist Empire. Details and registration.

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