Kuchurhan
Кучурган
Central street of the village
Central street of the village
Flag of Kuchurhan
Coat of arms of Kuchurhan
Kuchurhan is located in Odesa Oblast
Kuchurhan
Kuchurhan
Location in Ukraine
Kuchurhan is located in Ukraine
Kuchurhan
Kuchurhan
Kuchurhan (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
HromadaLymanske settlement hromada
Founded1808
Area
  Total3.42 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
  Total3,700
  Density1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (+2)
Postal code
67450
Area code+380 4853
Former nameStrassburg, Baden (1808—1944)

Kuchurhan (Ukrainian: Кучурган; Romanian: Cuciurgan) 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.[1]

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.

Kuchurhan exit stamp for passport

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".[2]

See also

References

  1. "Лиманская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. Russian propaganda: rural school students near Transnistria taught "U.S. enemy of mankind", UNIAN (4 March 2016)
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