13 December 2016

Kandel, Kutschurgan

Kandel was one of the six Mother colonies in the Kutschurgan district.

It had a very long main street that stretched over a mile (about 2 km) from the town limits of Selz to the north to the Russian village of Gradenitza (today called Hradenytsi, 46.5996, 29.9965) to the south.

Kandel farmers were grain farmers and had over 150 acres of gardens including grapes, apricots, plums and cherries for the village and for the market.

There were 77 artisans and craftsmen, producers of agriculture implements in iron and wood, basket weavers and broom makers.



Year     Population
1881    1,983
1885    2,180
1890    2,319
1894    2,480
1900    2,639
1909    2,522
1926    3,404





Location of Kandel, Kutschurgan


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