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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Gikü, CC0.
  • Village with about 3,030 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (70 feet)
  • Description: village in Ștefan Vodă District, Moldova
  • Also known as
    “Olaneshty”
    “Oleneshti”
    “Oleneshty”
    “Oloneshty”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Antonești and Purcari.
Village
Antoneşti is a village in , .
6 km west of Olănești
Lebowskyclone, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Village
is a village.
7 km northwest of Olănești
Gikü, CC0.
Village
is a village in , .
7 km southeast of Olănești

Olănești

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Latitude
46.49655° or 46° 29′ 48″ north
Longitude
29.92033° or 29° 55′ 13″ east
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.
OlăneștiBasque
OlăneștiCebuano
ОлынештиChechen
Олынешти (Штефан-Водин кӀошт)Chechen
OlăneștiDanish
OlăneştiDutch
اولانيشتىEgyptian Arabic
OlăneștiFrench
ოლენეშტიGeorgian
OlăneștiGerman
OlăneștiIrish
OlăneştiItalian
올레네슈티Korean
OlăneștiNorwegian Bokmål
OlăneștiNorwegian Nynorsk
Olănești i Ștefan VodăNorwegian Nynorsk
OlăneștiPolish
OlăneștiPortuguese
OlăneștiRomanian
Olănești, Ștefan VodăRomanian
ОланештыRussian
ОлэнештьRussian
OlăneștiSpanish
OlăneștiSwedish
ОлынештиTatar
Олынешти (Штефан Воды)Tatar
OlăneștiTurkish
ОленештьUkrainian

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