Balta, Odessa Oblast
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| Balta Балта |
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| Country |  Ukraine |
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| Region | Odessa Oblast | ||
| District | Balta Raion | ||
| Founded | 1797 | ||
| Government | |||
| • City Head | Serhiy Mazur[1] | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 22.97 km2 (8.87 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation[2] | 23 m (75 ft) | ||
| Population (2011) | |||
| • Total |  19,353 |
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| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 66100—66105 | ||
| Area code | +380 4866 | ||
| Website | [1] | ||
Balta (Ukrainian: Балта; Romanian: Balta) is a city in Odessa Oblast in south-western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Balta Raion (district), as well as a city of regional significance.[3] The city's population was 19,772 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census[4] and 19,353 in 2011.[5]
History
Balta was first founded in 1797 out of a combination of three nearby towns; Yuzefhrad (Юзефград, Polish: Józefgród; until 1793 part of Poland), Yelensk (Еленськ), and Balta (Балта; until 1774 part of the Ottoman Empire).[6] It is located in the historic Podolia region of Ukraine.[7] According to the Russian census of 1897, with a population of 23,363 it was the fourth largest city of Podolia after Kamianets-Podilskyi, Uman and Vinnytsia. In 1900, the city's Jewish population numbered 13,235.[7]
From 1924-1929, the city was the capital of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.[6] With the annexation of Bessarabia in 1940, Balta became a part of the Odessa Oblast of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.[6]
Balta is located near the Dniester River border with Moldova.
People from Balta
- Aryeh Altman, Israeli politician
- Yuly Aykhenvald, Ukrainian Jewish literary critic
- Zellig Harris, American linguist, mathematical syntactician, and methodologist of science
- Vsevolod Holubovych, Prime Minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic
- Grigori Panteleimonov, Russian sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
References
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- ↑ Про віднесення міста Балта Балтського району Одеської області до категорії міст обласного значення(Ukrainian)
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External links
Media related to Category:Balta (Odessa Oblast) at Wikimedia Commons- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Articles with Ukrainian-language external links
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- Articles containing Ukrainian-language text
- Articles containing Romanian-language text
- Articles containing Polish-language text
- Cities in Odessa Oblast
- Podolia Governorate
- Shtetls
- Cities of regional significance in Ukraine
- Bratslav Voivodeship
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