Reni (Ukraine)
Reni | ||
Рені | ||
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Oblast : | Odessa Oblast | |
Rajon : | Reni Raion | |
Height : | 24 m | |
Area : | 393.33 km² | |
Residents : | 18,320 (2019) | |
Population density : | 47 inhabitants per km² | |
Postcodes : | 68800 | |
Area code : | +380 4840 | |
Geographic location : | 45 ° 27 ' N , 28 ° 17' E | |
KOATUU : | 5124110100 | |
Administrative structure : | 1 city | |
Address: | вул. Соборная 103 68800 м. Рені |
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Website : | http://renimvk.od.ua/ | |
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Reni ( Ukrainian Рені ; Russian Рени ; Romanian Reni ) is a city in Budschak in southern Ukraine with about 18,500 inhabitants.
Reni is located 24 m above sea level at the confluence of the Prut into the Danube , about 220 kilometers southwest of Odessa and 20 kilometers from the Romanian city of Galați and is the center of the Reni Rajon of the same name .
In the city, the territorial road T – 16–42 meets the trunk road M 15 . Due to the location near the border with Romania and the Republic of Moldova and the former belonging to Romania, a railway line from Romania to Moldova runs through the city, but this has no direct connection to the rail network of the rest of Ukraine.
About half of the city's inhabitants are Romanians, the rest of the population is divided between the ethnic groups of Ukrainians, Russians, Bulgarians and Gagauz .
history
Reni is one of the oldest cities in the Danube region with traces dating back to the 4th century BC. Go back BC. Until 271 AD it was in the Roman province of Lower Moesia of the Roman Empire . After the fall of the Roman Empire, the village came successively to the Byzantine Empire , the Kievan Rus , the Principality of Wallachia , and, under the name of Tamarowo , the Principality of Moldova .
The village was first mentioned in writing in 1548 and, along with Galați, was one of the two seaports of the Principality of Moldova. In 1812 the city was occupied by Russia and became part of the Bessarabia Governorate . In 1821 Reni was given city status, in 1856, after Russia had lost the Crimean War , the city came back to the Principality of Moldova, later to the Principality of Wallachia, but was rejoined to Russia in 1878.
After the end of the First World War , Reni came to Romania in January 1918, like the rest of Bessarabia , where it remained until June 1940 and again from July 19, 1941 to August 26, 1944. Afterwards it was part of the Ukrainian SSR and since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 it has belonged to the independent Ukraine .
sons and daughters of the town
- Constantin Bobescu (1899–1992), Romanian violinist, composer, conductor and music teacher
- Alexander Deitsch (1899–1986), Soviet astronomer
- Vsevolod Khmyrov (born 1951), Russian admiral
- Pavel Cebanu (* 1955), Soviet football player and Moldovan football official
Web links
- Municipal Council website on rada.info (Ukrainian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cities and Towns of Ukraine on pop-stat.mashke.org ; accessed on July 18, 2020 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Reni on mistaua.com ; accessed on July 18, 2020 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Reni on castles.com.ua ; accessed on July 18, 2020 (Ukrainian)
- ^ Local history Reni in the history of the cities and villages of the Ukrainian SSR ; accessed on July 18, 2020 (Ukrainian)
- ^ Entry on Reni in the Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine ; accessed on July 18, 2020 (Ukrainian)