Balta, Ukraine
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Balta (Ukrainian: Балта, Romanian: Balta) is a small city in the Odessa Oblast (province) of south-western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Baltsky Raion (district), and located approximately 200 kilometers from the oblast capital, Odessa. The town was founded in the 16th century.
The current estimated population is around 20,000.
History
According to the archeological findings, the first settlements on this territory existed 5-6 thousand years ago.In the 17th and 18th century, there were two separate towns located on the opposite banks of Kodyma River. The first one was an Ottoman frontier settlement and fortress named Balta. The second one was Polish town of Juzefgrod (other variants of transliteration are Yuzefgrod and Yusefgrod) named after prince Yuzef Lubomirski, the founder of the local fortress. These two towns were joined in 1797, when this land became the territory of the Russian Empire.
In the 19th and early 20th century, the population of the town consisted of Jews (55-82%, nowadays about 0.5-1%), Russian Orthodox believers (15-25%, now 85-90%, including such ethnic groups as Russians, Ukrainians, and Moldavians), Roman Catholics (Poles, 4-9%), and Russian Old believers (4-12%). Representatives of some of protestant churches are also here. The town was well known as a market town. The junctions of the main roads from the South to the North and from the West to the East of Russia and Ukraine were here.
In 1924–1929 it was the capital of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic that was the part of Ukrainian SSR and the Soviet Union. After the formation of Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1940 Balta became a district center in Ukraine.
Nowadays, the city has furniture, brick, clothing factories, and food industry. Balta Teacher's Training College and Vocational School are leading educational institutions. Museum of Local History and Ukrainian Ethnographic Museum are available.
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| Subdivisions of Odessa Oblast, Ukraine |
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| Raions: |
Ananyivsky Raion |
Artsyzky Raion |
Baltsky Raion |
Berezivsky Raion |
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi City |
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion |
Biliayivsky Raion |
Bolhradsky Raion |
Frunzivsky Raion |
Illichivsk City |
Ivanivsky Raion |
Izmail City |
Izmailsky Raion |
Kiliysky Raion |
Kodymsky Raion |
Kominternivsky Raion |
Kotovsk City |
Kotovsky Raion |
Krasnookniansky Raion |
Liubashivsky Raion |
Mykolaivsky Raion |
Odessa City |
Ovidiopolsky Raion |
Reniysky Raion |
Rozdilniasky Raion |
Saratsky Raion |
Savransky Raion |
Shyriayivsky Raion |
Tarutynsky Raion |
Tatarbunarsky Raion |
Teplodar City |
Velykomykhailivsky Raion |
Yuzhne City
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| Cities: |
Ananyiv |
Artsyz |
Balta |
Berezivka |
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi |
Biliayivka |
Bolhrad |
Illichivsk |
Izmail |
Kilia |
Kodyma |
Kotovsk |
Odessa |
Reni |
Rozdilna |
Tatarbunary |
Teplodar |
Vylkove |
Yuzhne
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| Towns: | Frunzivka | Ivanivka | Kominternivske | Krasni Okny | Liubashivka | Mykolaivka | Ovidiopol | Sarata | Savran | Shyriaieve | Tarutyne | Velyka Mykhailivka | ||
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