Camenca ( , Moldovan Cyrillic: Каменка; ; ) is a town in Transnistria, a breakaway republic internationally recognized as part of Moldova. It is composed of the town itself and the village of Solnecinoe. Camenca is the seat of Camenca District. The town is located on the Dniester, in the north of Transnistria.

The mayor is Pyotr Mustya.

History

thumb|left|Fragment of a map of Poland from 1772 with Kamiencza marked

The settlement was founded in 1609, when it was part of the Kingdom of Poland. In 1672 it fell to the Ottoman Empire, but was regained by Poland in 1699. Kamionka, as it was known in Polish, was a private village of the Lubomirski family, administratively located in the Bracław County in the Bracław Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province. Following the Second Partition of Poland, in 1793, it was annexed by Russia.

The town became part of Soviet Ukraine in 1920, and then of the Moldavian Autonomous Oblast in 1924, which was soon converted into the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, and the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1940 during World War II. From 1941 to 1944, it was administered by Romania.

Demographics

According to the 2004 Census in Transnistria, the town itself has 10,323 inhabitants, including 5,296 Moldovans (51.3%), 3,476 Ukrainians (33.67%), 1,305 Russians (12.64%), 61 Belarusians, 42 Poles, 35 Bulgarians, 32 Gagauzes, 23 Germans, 10 Armenians, 8 Jews, 3 Gypsies and 32 others.

Climate

Notable people

  • Nicolae Coval (1904–1970), Soviet Moldavian politician, prime minister of the Moldavian SSR from 1945 to 1946
  • Alexei Grabco (1936–2016), Soviet and Moldovan caricaturist
  • Vadim Hranovschi (born 1983), Moldovan discus thrower
  • Oleg Khorzhan (1976–2023), Transnistrian lawyer and politician

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File:Camenca 21.jpg|Dormition of the Theotokos Church

File:Camenca_12.JPG|Church

File:Camenca 66.jpg|Administrative building

File:Визит президента Вадима Красносельского в Каменский район 28 (18-02-2021).jpg|House of culture

File:Camenca 55.jpg|Police station

File:Camenca_bus_station.JPG|Bus station

File:Camenca_05.jpg|Central market

File:The_surroundings_of_Camenca_(1980)._(24448199532).jpg|Camenca surroundings

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See also

  • Dniester Sanatorium, based in Camenca

Notes

References

  • Eco-tourism in Eastern Europe, Camenca
  • Kamionka (Camenca) in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (1882)
  • Kamenka info, photos
  • Map