Severinovca
Severinovca | |
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Village | |
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  Severinovca | |
| Coordinates:48°4′0″N28°43′30″E/ 48.06667°N 28.72500°E | |
| Country(de jure) |  Moldova |
| Country (de facto) |  Transnistria[a] |
| Elevation | 54 m (177 ft) |
| Population (2008) | 690 |
| Time zone | UTC+2(EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3(EEST) |
Severinovca(Moldovan CyrillicandRussian:Севериновка,romanized:Severinovka,Ukrainian:Северинівка,romanized:Severynivka,Polish:Sewerynówka[1]) is a village in theCamenca DistrictofTransnistria,Moldova.[2]It has since 1990 been administered as a part of the breakawayPridnestrovian Moldavian Republic(PMR).
History
[edit]Sewerynówka, as it was known in Polish, was a private village of theLubomirskifamily, administratively located in the Bracław County in theBracław Voivodeshipin theLesser Poland Provinceof theKingdom of Poland.[1]Following theSecond Partition of Poland,it was annexed byRussia.
In 1924, it became part of theMoldavian Autonomous Oblast,which was soon converted into theMoldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,and theMoldavian Soviet Socialist Republicin 1940 duringWorld War II.From 1941 to 1944, it was administered byRomaniaas part of theTransnistria Governorate.
According to the 2004 census, the village's population was 757, of which 123 (16.24%) were Moldovans (Romanians), 611 (80.71%) Ukrainians and 17 (2.24%) Russians.[3]
Notable people
[edit]Severinovca is the birthplace ofPyotr Vershigora.
Notes
[edit]- ^Transnistria'spolitical statusis disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is not recognised by anyUN member state.TheMoldovangovernment and the international community consider Transnistria a part of Moldova's territory.
References
[edit]- ^abKrykun, Mykola (2012).Воєводства Правобережної України у XVI-XVIII століттях: Статті і матеріали(in Ukrainian and Polish). p. 530.ISBN978-617-607-240-9.
- ^Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova(CUATM)(in Romanian)
- ^The Transnistrian census of 2004 data by nationality athttp://pop-stat.mashke.org/pmr-ethnic-loc2004.htm
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