This beautiful statue of a German from Russia Pioneer Family graces the front lawn of the AHSGR Headquarters building in Lincoln, Nebraska. The statue was carved by the internationally recognized sculptor Pete Felten of Hays, Kansas. It is sculpted from Mr. Felten's favorite medium, the sandstone found in Western Kansas, and throughout the Western Great Plains of North America. The combination of the rugged sandstone and Mr. Felten's unique style results in a statue which personifies the moral, physical and religious strengths of those Germans who first left their homes to settle the far reaches of the Russian Empire, and the many who later left their adopted Russian homeland to settle anew in North and South America and elsewhere throughout the world.

The statue of the German-Russian family was first carved for the grounds of the renowned "Cathedral of the Plains," in Victoria, Kansas. The members of the Board of Directors so admired the work, that they asked Mr. Felten to carve an exact replica for the grounds of the Society's headquarters. He graciously set aside his policy of not duplicating any of his original sculptures, and created the AHSGR statue. Mr. Felten's works can be found throughout Kansas. Some of his most well known works are the portrait statues of four famous Kansans that stand in the rotunda of the Kansas State Capitol Building in Topeka. The statues are of Amelia Earhart, aviatrix; Dwight D. Eisenhower, former U.S. President; William Allen White, author and editor, and Arthur Capper, politician. Mr. Felten was selected for these works over two other finalists, Lumen Winters of New York and John Learned of Oklahoma.

The design for the setting in which the AHSGR statue resides was donated by architect Randy Stramel of Lincoln. Mr. Stramel is of German-Russian heritage and a member of AHSGR. Mr. Felten's commission was funded by a liberal grant made by the U.S. Bank of Lincoln and by donations from members and friends of the Society. The area surrounding the statue is paved with memorial bricks purchased by members and friends which bear the names of their German-Russian ancestors.