Solotvyno (also Solotvina) ( uk, Солотвино, hu, Aknaszlatina and hu, Faluszlatina, ro, Slatina, rue, Солотвино, yi, סעלאָטפֿינע (Selotfine), sk, Slatinské Doly) is an
urban-type settlement in
Tiachiv Raion
Tiachiv Raion ( uk, Тячівський район, ro, Raionul Teceu , hu, Técsői járás) is a raion in Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Tiachiv. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrativ ...
in
Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine, located adjacent to Romania, on the right bank of the
Tisza River opposite the Romanian city of
Sighetu Marmaţiei. The village's name comes from the nearby
salt mine.
Solotvyno was first mentioned (the former one was burned down by the
Tatars in 1241). Population: .
The large Jewish population died in the Holocaust, while the region was in Hungary. Solotvino is the final stop of the Ukrainian section of the railway, which runs from
Lviv to
Transcarpathia. The village has an original museum of salt miners.
Notable residents
*
Robert Maxwell, British MP, business owner and fraudster (1923–1991), born when the village was part of the
First Czechoslovak Republic.
[Марк Штейнберг. Евреи в войнах тысячелетий. p. 227. ]
Gallery
file:Winding tower in Solotvyno (5659-61).jpg, A salt mine in the town of Solotvyno
file:Saltlake Solotwino.JPG, Recreation camp, "El dorado"
file:Ukraine-Zakarpayska oblast-Solotvuno.JPG
file:Solot02.JPG
file:Ukraine-Zakarpayska oblast-Solotvuno-Alergologicne pidzemne viddilenja.JPG, Underground office of the hospital
file:Solotvyno (Aknaszlatina),former synagogue.jpg, Former synagogue
file:Solotvyno,former synagogue.jpg, Former synagogue, now bakery
file:Solotvyno (Aknaszlatina). Old Jewish cemetery -01.jpg, Old Jewish cemetery
file:Solotvyno (Aknaszlatina). New Jewish cemetery -01.jpg, New Jewish cemetery
file:Solotvyno (Aknaszlatina),Jewish memorial plaque.jpg, Jewish memorial plaque
References
External links
Solotvyno
Urban-type settlements in Tiachiv Raion
Mining cities and regions in Ukraine
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