Kuchurhan, Rozdilna Raion

Kuchurhan
Кучурган
Kuchurhan border checkpoint in Jan 2005

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Kuchurhan
Location in Ukraine
Coordinates: 46°43′25″N 29°58′39″E / 46.72361°N 29.97750°E / 46.72361; 29.97750Coordinates: 46°43′25″N 29°58′39″E / 46.72361°N 29.97750°E / 46.72361; 29.97750
Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Odessa Oblast
Raion Rozdilnianskyi Raion
Founded 1808
Area
 • Total 3.42 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 3,765
 • Density 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+3 (+2)
Postal code 67450
Area code(s) +380 4853
Former name Strassburg, Baden (1808—1944)

Kuchurhan (Ukrainian or Russian: Кучурган) is a village in the Rozdilnianskyi Raion of the Odessa Oblast in Ukraine. It is located along the Kuchurhan River at the north end of the Kuchurhan Reservoir along the border with Transnistria in Moldova. It is the site of highway, rail, and power line border crossings between Ukraine and Moldova.

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 Channel 24 journalist Volodymyr Runets reported in March 2016 that Kuchurhan's schoolchildren were being taught anti-Americanism and that most villagers "loathe Ukrainian patriots".[1]

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References

  1. ↑ Russian propaganda: rural school students near Transnistria taught "U.S. enemy of mankind", UNIAN (4 March 2016)


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