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Beloci

Coordinates: 47°53′8″N 28°58′56″E / 47.88556°N 28.98222°E / 47.88556; 28.98222
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Beloci
Белочи (Russian)
Білоч (Ukrainian)
Village
Beloci is located in Moldova
Beloci
Beloci
Coordinates: 47°53′8″N 28°58′56″E / 47.88556°N 28.98222°E / 47.88556; 28.98222
Country (de jure) Moldova
Country (de facto) Transnistria[a]
Elevation
56 m (184 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Beloci (Moldovan Cyrillic: Белоч, Russian: Белочи, romanizedBelochi, Ukrainian: Білоч, romanizedBiloch, Polish: Biełocz) is a village in the Rîbniţa District of Transnistria, Moldova.[1] It has since 1990 been administered as a part of the breakaway Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.

History

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Fragment of a map of Poland from 1772 with Biłocze marked

Biełocz, as it was known in Polish, was a private village of the Lubomirski family, administratively located in the Bracław County in the Bracław Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2] Following the Second Partition of Poland, it was annexed by Russia. In the 19th century, it remained a possession of Polish nobility, i.e. Karwowski and Mańkowski families.[3]

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 village's population was 524, of which 85 (16.22%) were Moldovans (Romanians), 395 (75.38%) Ukrainians and 38 (7.25%) Russians.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ Transnistria's political status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is not recognised by any UN member state. The Moldovan government and the international community consider Transnistria a part of Moldova's territory.

References

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  1. ^ Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM) (in Romanian)
  2. ^ Krykun, Mykola (2012). Воєводства Правобережної України у XVI-XVIII століттях: Статті і матеріали (in Ukrainian and Polish). pp. 530–531. ISBN 978-617-607-240-9.
  3. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom I (in Polish). Warszawa. 1880. p. 217.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ The Transnistrian census of 2004 data by nationality at http://pop-stat.mashke.org/pmr-ethnic-loc2004.htm