Vadul Turcului (Romanian; ; , ''Vadul-Turkului'', ) is a commune in

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. It is composed of two villages, Molochișul Mic (Малий Молокіш, Малый Молокиш) and Vadul Turcului.

Name

Its name means "Turk's ford" in Romanian.

History

Wadyturkuł, 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 of the

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. Following the Second Partition of Poland, it was annexed by

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. In the late 19th century, it had a population of 626. 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

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. From 1941 to 1944, it was administered by

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as part of the Transnistria Governorate. According to the 2004 census, the population of the locality was 1,220 inhabitants, of which 133 (10.9%) Moldovans (Romanians), 663 (54.34%) Ukrainians and 404 (33.11%) Russians.The Transnistrian census of 2004 data by nationality at http://pop-stat.mashke.org/pmr-ethnic-loc2004.htm

Sights

It is the site of the Church of the Blessed Virgin's Birth, a

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featured on

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and

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issued in the series of Orthodox Temples (Transnistria) by Transnistria's Central Bank.

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References

{{Transnistria, Moldova Communes of Transnistria Rîbnița District