Having arrived at the place of Mennonite settlement at the river Molotschna, where in the earlier year already nine villages had been founded, settling161 families, divided into 8 colonies, they had chosen the parcel of land which was distributed by a lottery. That is how Tiege became, with three villages, lying at the first river branch of the Molotschna, named Kurudujuschanlee, at 55 werst away from the then district city of Orechow. The land belonging to this colony stretches from northwest to southeast. There is a steppe river, Juschanlee, being the border between the land of the Mennonites and the Tartars. The site of the land is as advantageous as is its characteristics.
Erected dams provide for adequate watering which enhances the production of the hay fields.
The topsoil is mixed with clay , being all clay at the slopes. At the river bottoms the soil is black, occasionally mixed with alkali, but fertile. One cannot find rocks and shrubbery in this region. These rocks are only used for the foundations of the buildings. The planted trees grow in the bottom land as well as in the higher elevations but are not lasting as long as in some other areas.