Kuchurhan
Encyclopedia
Kuchurhan 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 crossings between Ukraine and Moldova.
The village was established in 1808 as Straßburg by Roman Catholic German
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.
Rozdilnianskyi Raion
The Rozdilna Raion is located in the Odessa Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Rozdilna. The population of the district was 56,897 in 2001...
of the Odessa Oblast
Odessa Oblast
Odesa Oblast, also written as Odessa Oblast , is the southernmost and largest oblast of south-western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Odessa.-History:...
in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. It is located along the Kuchurhan River
Kuchurhan River
The Kuchurhan is a river in Eastern Europe. It is a tributary of the Dniester which begins on the Podolian Upland in Ukraine. It then flows SSE and forms part of the border between Transnistria in Moldova and the Odessa Oblast in Ukraine...
at the north end of the Kuchurhan Reservoir along the border with Transnistria
Transnistria
Transnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...
in Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
. It is the site of highway, rail, and power line crossings between Ukraine and Moldova.
The village was established in 1808 as Straßburg by Roman Catholic German
Black Sea Germans
The Black Sea Germans are ethnic Germans who left their homeland in the 18th and 19th centuries, and settled in territories off the north coast of the Black Sea, mostly in southern Ukraine...
immigrants to the Kutschurgan Valley, then part of the Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
. It received its present name in 1944 after the remaining German residents were driven from the area by the advancing Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
army.
See also
- Roads in Ukraine
- State Highways (Ukraine)State Highways (Ukraine)State Highways in Ukraine are subdivided into three categories: International , National , and Regional . The letter's indexes are of the Cyrillic alphabet standing for they respective abbreviation in the Ukrainian language....
- Transport in MoldovaTransport in MoldovaIn 1995, the main means of transportation in Moldova were railroads and a highway system . The major railroad junctions are Chişinău, Bender, Ungheni, Ocniţa , Bălţi, and Basarabeasca...
- Kuchurgan power stationKuchurgan power stationKuchurgan power station is the largest power station of Moldova, located in Dnestrovsc, Transnistria, on the shores of Lake Cuciurgani bordering Ukraine. It was commissioned on 26 September 1964.-Technical features:...
- Eugeniu ŞtirbuEugeniu ŞtirbuEugeniu Ştirbu is a politician from Moldova.- Biography :Eugeniu Ştirbu served as a member of the Parliament of Moldova . He was the General Secretary of Democratic Party of Moldova....