Lipcani
Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ' N , 26 ° 48' E
Lipcani (Cyrillic Липканы / Lipkany) is a city in the Briceni Rajon of the Republic of Moldova . A border crossing point to Romania is operated south of the town . Since 1893 Lipcani has had a rail connection on what is now the Chernivtsi – Ocnița railway line .
The city got its name from the settlement of Polish-Lithuanian Muslims , the so-called Lipka Tatars , during the Ottoman rule.
Sons of the city
- Mosche Altman (1890–1981), Yiddish-speaking writer
- Elieser Steinbarg (1880–1932), Yiddish-speaking writer
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