Solotvyno

Solotvyno

Solotvyno

Urban locality in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine

Not to be confused with Solotvyn.

Solotvyno (also Solotvina) (Ukrainian: Солотвино, Hungarian: Aknaszlatina and Hungarian: Faluszlatina, Romanian: Slatina, Rusyn: Солотвино, Yiddish: סעלאָטפֿינע (Selotfine), Slovak: Slatinské Doly) is an urban-type settlement in Tiachiv Raion in Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine, located adjacent to Romania, on the right bank of the Tisza River opposite the Romanian city of Sighetu Marmației. The village's name comes from the nearby salt mine.

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History

Solotvyno was first mentioned c. 1360 (the former one was burned down by the Tatars in 1241). In 1910, the town had a population of 2,330, the majority of whom were Hungarian. The current population is 8,391 (2022 estimate)[1]. In 1920, the town became part of the newly formed Czechoslovakia, in 1939 it returned to Hungary. Many of the large Jewish population died in the Holocaust. After World War II, Solotvino became part of Ukraine in the Soviet Union.

The town is the final stop of the Ukrainian section of the railway, which runs from Lviv to Transcarpathia. The village has a 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

References

  1. [1]
    Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. [2]
    Марк Штейнберг. Евреи в войнах тысячелетий. p. 227. ISBN 5-93273-154-0 (in Russian)
  3. [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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