Andrey Nizovsky, historian, writer

I have been working together for many years with Peter Rempel. I know him as an experienced, talented and thoughtful archival researcher. This is a professional of the highest class, capable of solving search problems of any degree of complexity. There are only a few such specialists. Working with him is always interesting, he is result-oriented and knows how to achieve results.

Alex Ermakov, Amsterdam

My great-grandfather Ivan Ermakov lived at the end of XIX – beginning of the XX century. His life was surrounded by mysteries and puzzles, and very little was known about it. His daughters left one-sided and contradictory memories of him. I have asked family history investigator Mr. Peter Rempel to try to shed light on his life story. Mr. Rempel conducted an investigation in many Russian archives and, like a detective, he was able to reconstruct the extraordinary and dramatic life path of my great-grandfather Ivan. He came from a peasant family and was recruited as a soldier. After his army service he made an astonishing career in Astrakhan, both before and after the Bolshevik revolution. He became the second person in the Astrakhan gubernia (province) after the governor, investigated and fought widespread criminal practices at the province administration, faced and repelled false accusations and at some point even threatened the governor and demanded compensation from his administration. Even more remarkable was his life in the early Soviet time. Despite his pre-revolution career, he became a trusted member of the local Soviet administration, and he even met Stalin and Kalinin in person concerning Astrakhan district matters. Peter Rempel has revealed many details and first-hand documentary evidence of this uncommon life story. He has also traced the life paths of Ivan’s ancestors over 400 years, starting from the 16th century, and found among other their grievance letters which tell about their household, disobedience to authorities, aspirations and worries. These ancestors, who have long been forgotten, became for me lively characters with their own personalities. Mr. Rempel has described all his findings in a thick nice book (in Russian), which guides the reader through my family history. I am very thankful to him for this!

Alex Ermakov

Maria Besov,
Tel-Aviv

We knew next to nothing about our ancestors as our grandfather didn’t really talk about them and our dad couldn't give much information. We assumed that all documents had vanished during WWII. BUT! Pyotr was able to successfully restore the entire lineage from the end of the 18th century till the present day - with various documents on where and how our ancestors lived, what they did, etc. He unearthed authentic documents, such as statements by my great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather, in which they describe the circumstances of their lives. He also found the place where their house stood (it was burned down during the war). We even have a German reconnaissance aerial photo, showing the houses before the fire and the remains of buildings afterwards. 

Pyotr also found evidence surrounding the circumstances of the death of our relatives in the Vitebsk ghetto. All this has been made possible thanks to the amazing work he did in the archives of Moscow, Minsk and Vitebsk. So when we decided to make Aliyah, we had all the documents necessary for the consulate.

Sofya Shtanko, Moscow

Thanks to Peter Rempel, I learned the amazing story of my ancestors on my father’s side, who lived in the 18th-19th centuries in the Voronezh province.

In the Russian Historical Archive and the Archive of Ancient Acts, Peter found documents, a detailed investigation of the tragic event in which my family took part. We are talking about the uprising of Ukrainian peasants in 1766, who did not want to lose their freedom and obey the demands of Count Buturlin. Thanks to Peter, I also learned how my ancestors, through incredible difficulties, managed to pay off the count and became free even before the abolition of serfdom in 1861. Many documents were found, from which the real story emerged; it was possible to imagine how these people lived, what they dreamed of, what they knew and were able to do.

I thank Peter for the most interesting materials, which provided a lot of information that was important for my entire family.

Kantsev Yuri
Admiral Group of Companies, President

Kantsev Yuri

Admiral group of companies, President

Peter Rempel researched the history of my ancestors for 500 years! I set the task of studying my history as deeply as possible and creating a description-portrait of each of my ancestors. The work took several years, but I wanted to get exactly the result I needed! Peter not only restored the names and dates of life of my ancestors who lived many centuries ago, but found documents about the events of their lives. The story turned out to be unusual and fascinating. I saw how the history of my ancestors is woven into the history of Russia! Peter works unusually carefully and thoroughly; this happens very rarely now.

Наталья Суслова, Израиль

Хочу выразить огромную благодарность Петру за его помощь в поиске информации о национальности моей прабабушки. Работа была выполнена на удивление быстро и за вполне разумную цену. Я была поражена его профессионализмом, внимательностью к деталям и готовностью ответить на все мои вопросы. Благодаря Петру я узнала много нового о своей семье и корнях. Настоятельно рекомендую его услуги всем, кто интересуется своей родословной.