Balkans
Moldova
Ștefan Vodă District

Olănești

Olănești is a village in , . On 23 February 1932, in front of Olănești, at the Soviet bank of the 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.
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  • Type: Village with 3,030 residents
  • Description: village in Ștefan Vodă District, Moldova
  • Also known as: “Olaneshty”, “Olanesti”, “Olăneşti”, “Oleneshti”, “Oleneshty”, and “Oloneshty”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Antonești and Purcari.

Village
Antoneşti is a village in , . is situated 6 km west of Olănești.

Village
Photo: Lebowskyclone, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 7 km northwest of Olănești.

Village
Photo: Gikü, CC0.
is a village in , . is situated 7 km southeast of Olănești.

Olănești

Latitude
46.49655° or 46° 29′ 48″ north
Longitude
29.92033° or 29° 55′ 13″ east
Population
3,030
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
8GRFFWWC+J4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 273191868
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
617648
Wiki­data ID
Q527946
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Olănești” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Olănești”
  • Cebuano: “Olănești”
  • Chechen: “Олынешти (Штефан-Водин кӀошт)”
  • Chechen: “Олынешти”
  • Danish: “Olănești”
  • Dutch: “Olăneşti”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اولانيشتى”
  • French: “Olănești”
  • Georgian: “ოლენეშტი”
  • German: “Olănești”
  • Irish: “Olănești”
  • Italian: “Olăneşti”
  • Italian: “Olănești”
  • Korean: “올레네슈티”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Olănești”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Olănești i Ștefan Vodă”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Olănești”
  • Polish: “Olănești”
  • Portuguese: “Olănești”
  • Romanian: “Olănești, Ștefan Vodă”
  • Romanian: “Olănești”
  • Russian: “Оланешты”
  • Russian: “Олэнешть”
  • Spanish: “Olănești”
  • Swedish: “Olănești”
  • Tatar: “Олынешти (Штефан Воды)”
  • Tatar: “Олынешти”
  • Turkish: “Olănești”
  • Ukrainian: “Оленешть”

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