Ofatinți Explained

Ofatinți
Other Name:Офатинць (Moldovan Cyrillic)
Выхватинцы (Russian)
Вихватинці (Ukrainian)
Settlement Type:Commune
Pushpin Map:Moldova
Subdivision Type:Country (de jure)
Subdivision Type1:Country (de facto)
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Rîbnița District
Leader Title:Mayor
Coordinates:47.6669°N 28.9983°W
Elevation M:136
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Timezone1:EET
Utc Offset1:+2
Timezone1 Dst:EEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+3

Ofatinți (; Ukrainian: Вихватинці|Vykhvatyntsi; Russian: Выхватинцы|Vykhvatintsy; Polish: Wychwatyńce), is a commune in the Rîbnița District of Transnistria, Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Novaia Jizni (Ukrainian: links=no|Нове Життя, Nove Zhyttia; Russian: links=no|Новая Жизнь, Novaya Zhyzn) and Ofatinți.[1] It is located 15 km south of Rîbnița.

History

Wychwatyńce, as it was known in Polish, was a private village of the Lubomirski family,[2] administratively located in the Bracław County in the Bracław Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[3] It was a small trading port on the Dniester river. Following the Second Partition of Poland, it was annexed by Russia, within which it formed part of the Podolian Governorate. In the late 19th century, it had a population of 703.[2]

In 1924, it became part of the Moldavian Autonomous Oblast, which was soon converted into the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, and the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1940 during World War II. From 1941 to 1944, it was administered by Romania as part of the Transnistria Governorate.

According to the 2004 census, the population of the village was 1,218 inhabitants, of which 1,072 (88.01%) were Moldovans (Romanians), 64 (5.25%) Ukrainians and 60 (4.92%) Russians.[4]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. http://www.statistica.md/public/files/Clasificatoare/CUATM_rom.zip Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM)
  2. Book: . Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIV. 1895. pl. Warszawa. 73.
  3. Book: Krykun, Mykola. 2012. Воєводства Правобережної України у XVI-XVIII століттях: Статті і матеріали. uk,pl. 530–531. 978-617-607-240-9.
  4. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/pmr-ethnic-loc2004.htm