Sulz ( Ukrainian or , ''Shultsovo'') was a

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in southern

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. It was located along the east bank of the

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just to the southeast of the village of

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. The village was established in 1809 by

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immigrants to the Berezaner Valley, then part of the

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of the

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. It was abandoned after the remaining German residents were driven from the area by the advancing

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army in 1944.

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Populated places established in 1809 Former German settlements in Mykolaiv Oblast 1809 establishments in Ukraine {{Mykolaiv-geo-stub Villages in Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast

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