Olănești
Olănești is a village in Ștefan Vodă District, Moldova.[4]
Olănești | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Olănești | |
| Coordinates: 46°29′40″N 29°55′25″E | |
| Country | Moldova |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Petru Marcov (PLDM[1]) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 53.39 km2 (20.61 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 44 m (144 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 4,456 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | MD-4225[3] |
| Area code | (242) x-xx-xx |
On 23 February 1932, in front of Olănești, at the Soviet bank of the Dniester river, 40 out of a group of 60 unarmed ethnic Romanians from Transnistria who were attempting to escape from the Soviet Union into Romania were massacred by Soviet border troops and by agents of the State Political Directorate (GPU). Victims included women and children. The massacre was discussed on 26 February in the Parliament of Romania, but no measures were taken. Soviet authorities treated all acussations as "capitalist propaganda".[5]
From May 26, 1941, to June 1959, the village was the administrative center of the abolished Olănești District.
Population
By Population Census 2004 in Olănești live 5297 people (2511 men, 2786 women).
References
- "Lista primarilor aleși în cadrul Alegerilor Locale Generale din 14 iunie 2015" (in Romanian). Central Election Commission of Moldova. 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
- Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014: "Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)" (XLS). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- "Coduri poștale - Republica Moldova" (in Romanian). Poșta Moldovei. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
- Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM) (in Romanian)
- Negrea, Cristian (2017). "Unul dintre cele mai cumplite masacre cărora le-au căzut victime românii sa produs la 23 februarie 1932, pe Nistru" (PDF). Memoria. Revista Gândirii Arestate (in Romanian) (98–99 (1–2)): 65–70.