Tarutyne
Tarutyne (Ukrainian Тарутине; Russian Тарутино / Tarutino, Tarutino German, Romanian Tarutina, Greek Thyratyna ) is an urban-type settlement in Odessa in southern Ukraine. The settlement is located about 118 kilometers west of Odessa and the center of the same name Rajons Tarutyne. Since 1957 she is an urban-type settlement.
History
The settlement belonged to the Russian Empire until 1918, then came to the Kingdom of Romania and was established in 1940 on the basis of the Hitler- Stalin pact part of the Soviet Union. 1941 to 1944 it was occupied by Romania, after which it was a part of the Ukrainian SSR, or a part of since 1991, is now Ukraine. The German population joined after the Soviet occupation in 1940 almost closed the resettlement into the German Reich on.
Bessarabia German history
Tarutino was founded in 1814 by German immigrants as the first colony. The emigrants, who settled here came primarily from the North German area. Among them were about 500 people from Prussia, 250 from Prussian Poland and 90 from Mecklenburg. Only about 70 were from Württemberg. Therefore, it was spoken Low German in place. When selecting the settlement place a water source was crucial. Originally the place was called at the behest of the Russian settlement authority "Elisabeth", later it was renamed in Tarutino. This is due to the victorious battle of Tarutino the Russians against Napoleon during the Patriotic War in 1812 at the village in the province of Kaluga Tarutino.
Your good economic development owes a settlement in 1826 furnished weekly market. Later there was a grain, horses, wine and timber market. Tarutino was the largest settlement in Bessarabia Bessarabia German with about 3,700 inhabitants in 1940 in the village, two of the three high schools of Bessarabia Germans were. :
- Opened Evangelical German girl Lyceum ( Higher School for Girls ), 1878
- Opened Evangelical German boys' secondary school in 1906
Late 19th and early 20th century, many industrial enterprises settled in place, such as a cloth factory, brewery, dyeing, spinning, casting, steam mill, brickyard, printing, dairies. In the business, there were shops for shoes, glass, haberdashery, leather, banks, bookstores. The Bessarabia Germans developed a cultural life with sports and cultural groups.