Solotvyno
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Solotvyno (Ukrainian: Солотвино, Romanian: Slatina, Hungarian: Aknaszlatina, Rusyn: Солотвино, Czech: Slatinské Doly) is a village in the Tiachiv Raion in the Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine, located close to the border with Romania, on the right bank of the Tisza River (across from the Romanian city of Sighetu Marmaţiei). The village's name comes from the nearby salt mine.
Solotvyno was first mentioned ca. 1360 (the former one was burned down by the Tatars in 1241). It has 9,700 inhabitants and 2,200 households.
[edit] Celebrities
- It was the birthplace of the late British Press Baron Robert Maxwell.[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ Марк Штейнберг. Евреи в войнах тысячелетий. p. 227. ISBN 5932731540 (Russian)
- ^ Иван Мащенко (September 7 — 13, 2002). "Медиа-олигарх из Солотвина" (in Russian). Зеркало недели (#34 (409)). http://www.zn.ua/3000/3760/35999/.
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Coordinates: 47°58′N 23°52′E / 47.967°N 23.867°E
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