Solotvyno

Solotvyno
Urban-type settlement

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Solotvyno
Coordinates: 47°57′20″N 23°52′16″E / 47.95556°N 23.87111°E / 47.95556; 23.87111Coordinates: 47°57′20″N 23°52′16″E / 47.95556°N 23.87111°E / 47.95556; 23.87111
Country Ukraine Ukraine
Oblast Zakarpattia Oblast
Raion Tiachiv Raion

Solotvyno (Ukrainian: Солотвино, Hungarian: Aknaszlatina, Romanian: Slatina, Rusyn: Солотвино, Yiddish: סלאטפינא‎, Slovak: Slatinské Doly) is an urban-type settlement in Tiachiv Raion in Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine, located close to the border with Romania, on the right bank of the Tisza River (across from the Romanian city of Sighetu Marmaţiei). The village's name comes from the nearby salt mine (Sol' (соль) in Russian means salt and Vyno means wine)

Solotvyno was first mentioned ca. 1360 (the former one was burned down by the Tatars in 1241). Population: 8,791 (2016 est.)[1].

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References

  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Марк Штейнберг. Евреи в войнах тысячелетий. p. 227. ISBN 5-93273-154-0 (in Russian)
  3. ↑ Иван Мащенко (September 7–13, 2002). Медиа-олигарх из Солотвина. Зеркало недели (in Russian) (#34 (409)).


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