Kuchurhan ( ua, Кучурган) is a village in
Rozdilna Raion
Rozdilna Raion ( uk, Роздільнянський район) is a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Rozdilna. Population:
On 17 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, th ...
of
Odesa Oblast
Odesa Oblast ( uk, Оде́ська о́бласть, translit=Odeska oblast), also referred to as Odeshchyna ( uk, Оде́щина) is an oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administr ...
in
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
. It is located along the
Kuchurhan River at the north end of the
Cuciurgan Reservoir
The Cuciurgan Reservoir ( ro, Cuciurgan; Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: ''Kuchurhan'') is a large water reservoir, built on Kuchurhan River on the state border between Ukraine and Moldova.
The lake is located in the south-eastern part of the Admi ...
along the border with
Transnistria
Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester riv ...
in
Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The List of states ...
. It is the site of highway, rail, and power line
border crossing
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s between Ukraine and Moldova.
History
The village was established in 1808 as Strassburg by
Roman Catholic
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*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
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and French Alsatian immigrants to the Kutschurgan Valley, then part of the
Russian Empire
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. It received its present name in 1944 after the remaining German residents were driven from the area by the advancing
Soviet
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army.
Ukrainian
24 Kanal journalist
Volodymyr Runets reported in March 2016 that Kuchurhan's schoolchildren were being taught
anti-Americanism
Anti-Americanism (also called anti-American sentiment) is prejudice, fear, or hatred of the United States, its government, its foreign policy, or Americans in general.
Political scientist Brendon O'Connor at the United States Studies Centr ...
and that most villagers "loathe
Ukrainian patriots".
Russian propaganda: rural school students near Transnistria taught "U.S. enemy of mankind"
UNIAN
The UNIAN or Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News ( uk, Українське Незалежне Інформаційне Агентство Новин, УНІАН, translit=Ukrayins'ke Nezalezhne Informatsiyne Ahentstvo Novyn) is a ...
(4 March 2016)
See also
* Black Sea Germans
The Black Sea Germans (german: Schwarzmeerdeutsche; russian: черноморские немцы; uk, чорноморські німці) are ethnic Germans who left their homelands (starting in the late-18th century, but mainly in the e ...
* Roads in Ukraine
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There are many types of ...
* State Highways (Ukraine)
* Transport in Moldova
In 1995, the main means of transportation in Moldova were railways () and a highway system ( overall, including of paved surfaces). The major railway junctions are Chișinău, Bender, Ungheni, Ocnița (Oknitsa, in Russian), Bălți, and Basara ...
* Cuciurgan power station
The Cuciurgan power station ( ro, Termocentrala de la Cuciurgan, russian: Молдавская ГРЭС, translit=Moldavskaya GRES) is the largest power station of Moldova, located in Dnestrovsc, Transnistria, on the shores of the Cuciurgan Rese ...
* Eugeniu Știrbu
Eugeniu Știrbu (born August 8, 1945, in Petreni) is a politician from Moldova.
Biography
Eugeniu Știrbu served as a member of the Parliament of Moldova (1998–2001). He was the General Secretary of Democratic Party of Moldova.
Eugeniu ...
References
External links
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Kuchurhan
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Populated places established in 1808
Villages in Rozdilna Raion
Moldova–Ukraine border
Former German settlements in Odesa Oblast
1808 establishments in Ukraine