Kuchurhan (; ; ) is a village in

Rozdilna Raion Rozdilna Raion () 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, the number of raions of Odesa Oblast was reduced ...

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. It is located along the Kuchurhan River at the north end of the

Cuciurgan Reservoir The Cuciurgan Reservoir () 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 Left Bank of the Dniester of Moldova (''de facto'' under Trans ...

along the border with

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. It is the site of highway, rail, and power line

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s between Ukraine and Moldova. Kuchurhan belongs to

Lymanske settlement hromada Lymanske settlement hromada () is a hromada in Rozdilna Raion of Odesa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. Population: The hromada consists of a rural settlement of Lymanske and 6 villages: * Vynohradivka * Kuchurhan * Nove * Novosiltsi * Shch ...

, one of the

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s of Ukraine.

History

The village was established in 1808 as Strassburg by

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immigrants from

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and

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to the Kutschurgan Valley, then part of the

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. It received its present name in 1944 after the remaining German residents were driven from the area by the advancing

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army. Ukrainian

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journalist

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reported in March 2016 that Kuchurhan's schoolchildren were being taught

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and that most villagers "loathe Ukrainian patriots".

Baden

Baden (; ) was a village on the eastern shore of the

, now a part of Kuchurhan. The village was established in 1808 by

immigrants to the Kutschurgan Valley, then part of the

. It was located south of the German village of

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and north of Selz (present-day Lymass'ke). The remaining German residents were driven from the area by the advancing

army in 1944.

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Kuchurhan

{{Authority control Populated places established in 1808 Villages in Rozdilna Raion Moldova–Ukraine border Former German settlements in Odesa Oblast 1808 establishments in Ukraine Lymanske settlement hromada *

History

Baden

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