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| Kuchurhan Кучурган | |
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 Central street of the village | |
 Flag Coat of arms | |
  KuchurhanLocation in UkraineShow map of Odesa Oblast KuchurhanKuchurhan (Ukraine)Show map of Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 46°43′25″N 29°58′39″E / 46.72361°N 29.97750°E / 46.72361; 29.97750 | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Odesa Oblast |
| Raion |  Rozdilna Raion |
| Hromada | Lymanske settlement hromada |
| Founded | 1808 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.42 km (1.32 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,700 |
| • Density | 1,100/km (2,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (+2) |
| Postal code | 67450 |
| Area code | +380 4853 |
| Former name | Strassburg, Baden (1808—1944) |
Kuchurhan (Ukrainian: Кучурган; Romanian: Cuciurgan; German: Strasburg) is a village in Rozdilna Raion of Odesa Oblast in Ukraine. It is located along the Kuchurhan River at the north end of the Cuciurgan Reservoir along the border with Transnistria in Moldova. It is the site of highway, rail, and power line border crossings between Ukraine and Moldova. Kuchurhan belongs to Lymanske settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
History
The village was established in 1808 as Strassburg by Roman Catholic German and French Alsatian immigrants to the Kutschurgan Valley, then part of the Russian Empire. It received its present name in 1944 after the remaining German residents were driven from the area by the advancing Soviet army.
Ukrainian 24 Kanal journalist Volodymyr Runets reported in March 2016 that Kuchurhan's schoolchildren were being taught anti-Americanism and that most villagers "loathe Ukrainian patriots".
Baden
Baden (Ukrainian: Очеретівка, romanized: Ocheretivka; Russian: Очеретовка) was a village on the eastern shore of the Cuciurgan Reservoir, now a part of Kuchurhan.
The village was established in 1808 by Roman Catholic German immigrants to the Kutschurgan Valley, then part of the Russian Empire. It was located south of the German village of Straßburg and north of Selz (present-day Lymass'ke). The remaining German residents were driven from the area by the advancing Soviet army in 1944.
See also
- Black Sea Germans
- Roads in Ukraine
- State Highways (Ukraine)
- Transport in Moldova
- Cuciurgan power station
- Eugeniu Știrbu
References
- "Лиманская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- Russian propaganda: rural school students near Transnistria taught "U.S. enemy of mankind", UNIAN (4 March 2016)
- Joseph S. Height (1973-01-01). Paradise on the Steppe: A Cultural History of the Kutschurgan, Beresan, and Liebental Colonists, 1804-1972. Internet Archive. North Dakota Historical Society of Germans From Russia.
External links
- (in Ukrainian) Kuchurhan
- Straßburg Village Information
- Kutschurgan Map
- Founders of the Village of Strassburg