Colosova | |
Other Name: | Колосово (Russian) Колосове (Ukrainian) |
Settlement Type: | Commune |
Pushpin Map: | Moldova |
Subdivision Type: | Country (de jure) |
Subdivision Type1: | Administrative Unit |
Subdivision Name1: | Left Bank of the Dniester |
Subdivision Type2: | Country (de facto) |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Grigoriopol |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Coordinates: | 47.3289°N 29.5672°W |
Elevation M: | 139 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Timezone1: | EET |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +3 |
Colosova (Russian: Колосово|Kolosovo, Ukrainian: Колосове|Kolosove) is a commune in the Grigoriopol District of Transnistria, an unrecognised state claimed by Moldova. It is composed of three villages: Colosova, Crasnaia Besarabia (Червона Бесарабія, Красная Бессарабия) and Pobeda (Побєда, Победа).[1] It is currently under the administration of the breakaway government of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic. The village of Colosova was part of the Glückstal Colonies, known during the 19th Century as Bergdorf and inhabited by Germans farmers.
According to the 2004 census, the village's population was 887, of which 204 (22.99%) were Moldovans (Romanians), 415 (46.78%) were Ukrainians and 162 (18.26%) were Russians.[2]