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Balta (Ukrainian: Балта, pronounced [ˈbɑɫtɐ] ⓘ; Romanian: Balta; Polish: Bałta; [3] Yiddish: באַלטאַ) is a city in Podilsk Raion, Odesa Oblast in south-western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Balta urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. [4] Population: 17,854 (2022 estimate).[5]
Balta. Balta is a city in Podilsk Raion, Odesa Oblast in south-western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Balta urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 17,854. The city's population was 19,772 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Photo: V1snyk, CC BY-SA 4.0. Ukraine is facing shortages in its brave fight to survive.
Balta, Ukraine. BALTA, city in Odessa district, Ukraine. At the beginning of the 16 th century, when Balta lay on the border between Poland and Turkey, there were Jews living in both sectors of the city (in the Józefgrod quarter on the Polish side). Many of the Jewish inhabitants together with refugees who had fled there from other districts ...
In 1797 Balta became part of Russia's newly formed Podolia Gubernia, this time combining the communities on either side of the Kodyma River; Jews continued to live in both parts of the town. In 1865 the first railroad in Dnieper, Ukraine, was built; it connected Balta with the port city of Odessa. In 1880, 80 percent of Balta's population was ...
So, the town was at the crossroads of the Catholic and Muslim worlds. In 1791, after the partition of Poland and Russia’s capture of the Ottoman lands of southern Ukraine, Józefgrad and Balta became part of the Russian Empire, and the towns were united into one called Balta in 1797.
BALTABALTA , city in Odessa district, Ukraine. At the beginning of the 16th century, when Balta lay on the border between Poland and Turkey, there were Jews living in both sectors of the city (in the Józefgrod quarter on the Polish side). Many of the Jewish inhabitants together with refugees who had fled there from other districts were ...
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Balta has existed since the 16th century. It belonged to Turkey until 1791 and later, in accordance with the Treaty of Iaşi, to Russia. In 1797 it became a county town of Podilia gubernia. It was known for its wheat-trading markets. In 1865 the first railroad in Russian-ruled Ukraine was built; it connected Balta with Odesa.
