Alan Wilson also gave Arnold information about the commander of the Soviet Army in the East Germany. There were Germans in the Soviet Union, named Volga Germans. This group originated from the imperial edict of Catherine the Great. At that time, the conditions in Germany were very poor, and many Germans immigrated to Imperial Russia.

There are now about two million Volga Germans in the Soviet Union. Unlike the Germans expelled from Eastern Europe after the war, the Volga Germans remained in the Soviet Union.

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