The Press of Atlantic City posted a feature article on the little known hamlet of New Kuban.
New Kuban is the last in a long line of Eastern European colonies in the Pines. Russians (Russians/Ukrainians/White Russians) organized Pinelands settlements as early as 1883, starting with the Burbridge Colony in Estell Manor. The first were humanitarian-based initiatives providing homeland for Jews seeking sanctuary from persecution during the Pograms. Violent mob attacks occurred after the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881.
Cassville is another Russian colony with a fascinating history. It settled by a Russian artillery group who came to test chemical weaponry for the Czar at the Navy Lakehurst base. Eddystone Ammunition Corporation had a proving range for chemical weaponry there. Russians lobbed mustard gas canisters over today's Route 539. After the 1917 revolution, they were unable to return home so settled Cassville instead. Some ended up in Richland Village.
New Kuban was recognized in a chapter of The People’s Almanac #2 (Wallechinsky & Wallace, 1978: 655) titled “Tour of Unique Sites and Sights in the World.” Sites included wonders such as the “singing sand” on the Isle of Eigg, the “City of Salt” in Wieliczka, Poland, and the Borobudur in Indonesia. You would think that the Pinelands Commission too would recognize the significance of this and other great cultural treasures. Instead, New Kuban is the location of “clustering gone bad.”
Ninety-seven homes are planned on one-acre lots with septic systems. The ambitious development is outside Newtonville’s Village priority growth zone. This another example of poor stewardship by the Pinelands Commission, which has become its Chamber of Commerce - not its protectorate.
Here's links to earlier threads on New Kuban and similar ethnic settlements:
New Kuban is the last in a long line of Eastern European colonies in the Pines. Russians (Russians/Ukrainians/White Russians) organized Pinelands settlements as early as 1883, starting with the Burbridge Colony in Estell Manor. The first were humanitarian-based initiatives providing homeland for Jews seeking sanctuary from persecution during the Pograms. Violent mob attacks occurred after the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881.
Cassville is another Russian colony with a fascinating history. It settled by a Russian artillery group who came to test chemical weaponry for the Czar at the Navy Lakehurst base. Eddystone Ammunition Corporation had a proving range for chemical weaponry there. Russians lobbed mustard gas canisters over today's Route 539. After the 1917 revolution, they were unable to return home so settled Cassville instead. Some ended up in Richland Village.
New Kuban was recognized in a chapter of The People’s Almanac #2 (Wallechinsky & Wallace, 1978: 655) titled “Tour of Unique Sites and Sights in the World.” Sites included wonders such as the “singing sand” on the Isle of Eigg, the “City of Salt” in Wieliczka, Poland, and the Borobudur in Indonesia. You would think that the Pinelands Commission too would recognize the significance of this and other great cultural treasures. Instead, New Kuban is the location of “clustering gone bad.”
Ninety-seven homes are planned on one-acre lots with septic systems. The ambitious development is outside Newtonville’s Village priority growth zone. This another example of poor stewardship by the Pinelands Commission, which has become its Chamber of Commerce - not its protectorate.
Here's links to earlier threads on New Kuban and similar ethnic settlements:
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