Orlivka (; ) is a village in

Izmail Raion Izmail Raion (; ; ) is a raion (administrative division) in Odesa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Izmail. It is in the historical region of Budjak in southern Bessarabia. Population: On 18 July 2020, as ...

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, southern

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. It belongs to

Reni urban hromada Reni urban hromada () is a hromada (municipality) in Ukraine, in Izmail Raion of Odesa Oblast. The administrative center is the city of Reni. Population: Until 18 July 2020, the hromada belonged to Reni Raion. The raion was abolished in July 20 ...

, one of the

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s of Ukraine. Until 18 July 2020, Orlivka belonged to

Reni Raion Reni Raion (; ) was a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast in south-western Ukraine, in the historic Budjak region of Bessarabia. Its administrative center was the city of Reni. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative re ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of

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s of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Reni Raion was merged into Izmail Raion.

Location

Orlivka is located at between Lakes Kartal, Kahul and the river

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History

Around 2nd century BC, a

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settled the area and founded the town of Aliobrix. Later, from 1st to 3rd centuries AD, the site was further expanded by

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who built the fortress nearby. Later and until 1948 it was known as Cartal.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the vast majority of the 3047 inhabitants, 95.37%, were

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speakers at the time, inxlusinf 95.14% who called the language "Moldovan" (2,899 people), and 0.23% who called it "Romanian" (7 people), with a small number of

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(1.61%, or 49) and Ukrainian speakers (1.25%, or 38).

Infrastructure

Through the village passes highway Odesa–Reni, while on the banks of the

the Orlivka – Isaccea Ferry service was built in 2019.Building bridges: how will work the first Ukrainian crossing over the Danube
Ekonomichna Pravda (Ukrayinska Pravda). 10 June 2019 Portions of the Odesa–Reni Highway between Reni and Orlivka follow a narrow strip between Lake Cahul and the Danube. During the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

in 2022-23, the

Isaccea Isaccea () is a small town in Tulcea County, in Northern Dobruja, Romania, on the right bank of the Danube, 35 km north-west of Tulcea. According to the 2021 census, it has a population of 4,408. The town has been inhabited for thousands o ...

-Orlivka Danube crossing has developed into an important port, offering an alternative to the blockaded Ukrainian Black Sea ports.Orlivka-Isaccea crossing turns into a port on the Danube
UkrAgroConsult.com, 27 March 2023. Accessed 27 September 2023.

Notable people

* Pavel Chioru (1902–), Moldovan journalist, folklorist, and communist activist

References

{{Izmail Raion Celtic towns Roman towns and cities in Ukraine Villages in Izmail Raion Populated places in Reni urban hromada Romanian communities in Ukraine