Balta, Ukraine
Balta
Балта | |
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 The city view | |
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| Country |  Ukraine |
| Region | Odessa Oblast |
| District | Balta Raion |
| Founded | 1797 |
| Government | |
| • City Head | Serhiy Mazur[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.97 km2 (8.87 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 23 m (75 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total |  18,993 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| 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] Population: 18,993 (2015 est.)[4] The city's population was 19,772 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[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
- Aryeh Leib Schochet, Rabbi
- 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
- Louis E. Stern (b. 08/27/1886 d. 01/11/1962) American International Lawyer, patron and friend of Chagall, Picasso, Klee and Miro, collection left to Philadelphia Museum of Art and Brooklyn Museum
References
- ^ "Biographical reference". Balta City Council (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^ "Balta (Odessa Oblast, Balta Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^ Про віднесення міста Балта Балтського району Одеської області до категорії міст обласного значенняTemplate:Ref-uk
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ "Balta, Odessa Oblast, Balta Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c "Historical reference". Balta City Council (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^ a b "Balta, Ukraine". JewishGen Locality Page. JewishGen. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
External links
Media related to Category:Balta (Odessa Oblast) at Wikimedia Commons- "Main". Balta City Council (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 March 2013.
