Rîbnița

Рыбница ( Rybnitsa ) ( in Russian)

Rîbniţa (also Rabnita; Russian Рыбница / Rybnitsa ) is a town in the north of Transnistria. Thanks to the 1984 by the Soviet Union settled there modern steelworks Moldovan Steel Works provides Rîbniţa the economic backbone of Transnistria dar.

Geography

Rîbniţa located in the northeast of the country, on the eastern bank of the Dniester, opposite the Moldovan Rajon Rezina. South bordering the district Dubăsari north is the city Camenca.

Population

The population of Rîbniţa is approximately 57,000 ( 2004). After the establishment of the steel plant 1984 Rîbniţa has greatly increased.

Population Development

History

Rîbniţa was first mentioned in 1628 as a settlement on the east bank of the Dniester in a document, then it was a part of Podolia and part of the Kingdom of Poland. At the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, the city fell to Russia. In 1938 Rîbniţa received city rights. Near the city is also the municipal Ofatinţi, in 1829 Anton Rubinstein was born. During the Soviet era the city was part of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. Since 1990 it is under the control of Transnistria.

Economy

The city is an important industrial center, it is the site of a sugar factory, a steel plant, a cement plant and a liquor factory. Rîbniţa has a river port. In addition, there is a branch of the Transdniestrian State University Tiraspol.

Attracted international attention the city because of an investigation by the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA), according to the area around Rîbniţa has an increased radioactivity. It is believed that there contaminated material from Chernobyl has been buried.

Twin Cities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Meir Argov (1905-1963), Israeli politician
  • Yevgeny Shevchuk (* 1968), politician Transnistria
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