I am researching my gggg grandfather Johann Andreas Christineck's (born 1684 to 1822) family who were born in Brandenburg, Germany area and emigrated in late 1700's to St. Petersburg, Rjabova & Neu Saratovka, Russia. Karl Ludwig Christineck was a great painter and had an art academy in St. Petersburg. 8 Christinecks are listed on the Amburger Projekt List as going to Russia. They were German Lutherans and military officers. Jeanne Lorf Linley