Molochișul Mare

Village in Transnistria, Moldova

Molochișul Mare Большой Молокиш (Russian) Великий Молокіш (Ukrainian)
Village
47°51′57″N 29°2′41″E / 47.86583°N 29.04472°E / 47.86583; 29.04472
Country (de jure)	Moldova
Country (de facto)	Transnistria^[a]
Elevation	49 m (161 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Molochișul Mare (Moldovan Cyrillic: Молокишул Маре, Russian: Большой Молокиш, romanized: Bol'shoy Molokish, Ukrainian: Великий Молокіш, romanized: Velikyy Molokish, Polish: Mołokisz Wielki; lit. 'Great Molochiș' is a village in the Rîbnița District of Transnistria, Moldova.^[1] It has since 1990 been administered as a part of the self-proclaimed Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.

History

Mołokisz Wielki, as it was known in Polish, was a private village of the Koniecpolski and Lubomirski noble families,^[2] administratively located in the Bracław County in the Bracław Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.^[3] Following the Second Partition of Poland, it was annexed by Russia. In the 19th century, it remained a possession of Polish nobility, passing to the Kulikowski family.^[2] In the late 19th century, it had a population of 611.^[2]

In 1924, it became part of the Moldavian Autonomous Oblast, 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 as part of the Transnistria Governorate.

Notes

^ Transnistria's political status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is not recognised by any UN member state. The Moldovan government and the international community consider Transnistria a part of Moldova's territory.

References

^ Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM) (in Romanian)
^ ^a ^b ^c Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VI (in Polish). Warszawa. 1885. p. 650.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Krykun, Mykola (2012). Воєводства Правобережної України у XVI-XVIII століттях: Статті і матеріали (in Ukrainian and Polish). pp. 530–531. ISBN 978-617-607-240-9.