Kuchurhan

Kuchurhan
Кучурган

Kuchurhan border checkpoint in Jan 2005
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 +2 (UTC+3)
Postal code 67450
Area code(s) +380 4853

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.

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]

See also

References

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

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