Solotvyno

Urban locality in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine

Urban-type settlement in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine

Solotvyno Солотвино Coat of arms
47°57′20″N 23°52′16″E / 47.95556°N 23.87111°E / 47.95556; 23.87111
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zakarpattia Oblast
Raion	Tiachiv Raion
Area
• Total	11.10 km² (4.29 sq mi)
Elevation	283 m (928 ft)
Population (2022)
• Total	8,391
• Density	760/km² (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal codes	90575—90578
Area code	+380 3134
KOATUU	2124455900

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.

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

Robert Maxwell, British MP, business owner and fraudster (1923–1991), born here when the village was part of the First Czechoslovak Republic.^[2]^[3]

Gallery

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

^ 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.
^ Марк Штейнберг. Евреи в войнах тысячелетий. p. 227. ISBN 5-93273-154-0 (in Russian)
^ Иван Мащенко (September 7–13, 2002). Медиа-олигарх из Солотвина. Зеркало недели (in Russian) (#34 (409)). Archived from the original on 2012-12-22.