Solotvyno

Solotvyno (Ukrainian: Солотвино, Hungarian: Aknaszlatina, Romanian: Slatina, Rusyn: Солотвино, Yiddish: סעלאָטפֿינע‎, Slovak: Slatinské Doly) is an urban-type settlement in Tiachiv Raion in Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine, located close to the border with Romania, on the right bank of the Tisza River (across from the Romanian city of Sighetu Marmaţiei). The village's name comes from the nearby salt mine (sol’ (соль) in Russian means salt).

Not to be confused with Solotvyn.
Solotvyno
Urban-type settlement
Coat of arms
Solotvyno
Solotvyno
Coordinates: 47°57′20″N 23°52′16″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Zakarpattia Oblast
RaionTiachiv Raion

Solotvyno was first mentioned ca. 1360 (the former one was burned down by the Tatars in 1241). Population: 8,791 (2016 est.)[1].

Solotvino is the final stop of the Ukrainian section of the railway, which runs from Lviv to Transcarpathia.

The village has an original museum of salt miners.

Notable residents
  • A salt mine in the town of Solotvyno
  • Recreation camp, "El dorado"
  • Underground office of the hospital
  • Former synagogue
  • Former synagogue, now bakery
  • Old Jewish cemetery
  • New Jewish cemetery
  • Jewish memorial plaque
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See also

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. Марк Штейнберг. Евреи в войнах тысячелетий. p. 227. ISBN 5-93273-154-0 (in Russian)
  3. Иван Мащенко (September 7–13, 2002). Медиа-олигарх из Солотвина. Зеркало недели (in Russian) (#34 (409)). Archived from the original on 2012-12-22.


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