Kuchurhan () is a village in Rozdilna Raion of Odesa Oblast in Ukraine. It is located along the Kuchurhan River at the north end of the Cuciurgan Reservoir along the border with Transnistria in Moldova. It is the site of highway, rail, and power line border crossings between Ukraine and Moldova. History 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. Ukrainian 24 Kanal journalist Volodymyr Runets reported in March 2016 that Kuchurhan's schoolchildren were being taught anti-Americanism and that most villagers "loathe Ukrainian patriots". See also Black Sea Germans Roads in Ukraine State Highways (Ukraine) Transport in Moldova Cuciurgan power station Eugeniu Știrbu References External links Kuchurhan Straßburg Village Information Kutschurgan Map Founders of the Village of Strassburg Populated places established in 1808 Villages in Rozdilna Raion Moldova–Ukraine border Former German settlements in Odesa Oblast 1808 establishments in Ukraine