LeRoy and Pictet

LeRoy and Pictet was the association of French LeRoy, the Swiss Pictet of Geneva and the German Sunday, the enlisted on behalf of the Russian Empress Catherine II in the 18th century German citizens for deportation to Russia. In addition to this cooperative, there were two more, that of the French Baron de Beauregard Caneu with Major Otto Friedrich and the smaller of Jean de Boffe with Meusnier de Precour and Quentin Benjamin Coulhette d' Hautervive that had no own budget.

The Russian Empress promised tired of wars and economic crises settlers freedom of religion, tax exemption, exemption from military service and the right to sell their land. Thousands of German artisans and peasants were given to this Anwerbungsversuche and founded 103 German villages on both sides of the Volga. One speaks in this context of the Volga Germans. The twenty-five colonies of Leroy and Pictet with 1530 families and 5339 settlers were established south of Saratov along the Volga and its tributaries left Big Karaman and Tarlyk east of the Volga, including the colony Lauwe. LeRoy and Pictet later became directors of the colonies.