The village was established in 1808 as
Strassburg by
Roman Catholic German immigrants from
Baden and
Alsace 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".
Baden Baden (; ) was a village on the eastern shore of the
Cuciurgan Reservoir, now a part of Kuchurhan. The village was established in 1808 by
Roman Catholic German immigrants to the Kutschurgan Valley, then part of the
Russian Empire. It was located south of the German village of
Straßburg and north of Selz (present-day
Lymass'ke). The remaining German residents were driven from the area by the advancing
Soviet army in 1944. ==Demographics==