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Dubasari (sometimes Dubossary in English
English language

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) is a city in Transnistria
Transnistria

Transnistria, also known as Trans-Dniester, Transdniestria, and Pridnestrovie is a disputed region in southeast Europe. Since its declaration of independence in 1990, followed by the War of Transnistria in 1992, it is governed by the Unrecognized states Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic , which claims the left bank...
, Moldova
Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south....
, with a population of 28,500. The city is currently under the administration of the breakaway government of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic, and functions as the seat of the Dubasari sub-district, Transnistria, Moldova
Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south....
.

origin of the name of the town is the plural form of the Romanian
Romanian language

Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
 archaic
Archaism

In language, an archaism is the use of a form of speech or writing that is no longer current. This can either be done deliberately or as part of a specific jargon or formula ....
 word dubasar ("boatman"), a derivative of duba ("a small wooden boat").






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Dubasari (sometimes Dubossary in English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
) is a city in Transnistria
Transnistria

Transnistria, also known as Trans-Dniester, Transdniestria, and Pridnestrovie is a disputed region in southeast Europe. Since its declaration of independence in 1990, followed by the War of Transnistria in 1992, it is governed by the Unrecognized states Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic , which claims the left bank...
, Moldova
Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south....
, with a population of 28,500. The city is currently under the administration of the breakaway government of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic, and functions as the seat of the Dubasari sub-district, Transnistria, Moldova
Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south....
.

Name

The origin of the name of the town is the plural form of the Romanian
Romanian language

Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
 archaic
Archaism

In language, an archaism is the use of a form of speech or writing that is no longer current. This can either be done deliberately or as part of a specific jargon or formula ....
 word dubasar ("boatman"), a derivative of duba ("a small wooden boat"). As a result, "Dubasari" means literally "boatmen".

History

Dubasari is the site of one of the oldest settlements in Moldova
Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south....
 and Transnistria
Transnistria

Transnistria, also known as Trans-Dniester, Transdniestria, and Pridnestrovie is a disputed region in southeast Europe. Since its declaration of independence in 1990, followed by the War of Transnistria in 1992, it is governed by the Unrecognized states Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic , which claims the left bank...
n region. Stone age
Stone Age

The Stone Age is a broad prehistory time period during which humans widely used Rock for toolmaking.Stone tools were made from a variety of different kinds of stone....
 artifacts have been found in the area, and there are several Scythian kurgan
Kurgan

Kurgan is the Russian language word for a tumulus, a type of burial mound or barrow, heaped over a burial chamber, often of wood.The distribution of such tumuli in Eastern Europe corresponds closely to the area of the Pit Grave or Kurgan culture in South-Eastern Europe....
s around the city. First mentions of modern Dubasari date to the beginning of the 16th century, as a fair populated by Moldavia
Moldavia

Moldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river....
n peasants. The settlement became part of the Russian Empire
Russian Empire

File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
 in 1792, and was granted city status in 1795.

In 1924-1940, Dubasari was part of the Moldavian ASSR
Moldavian ASSR

The Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic , shortened to Moldavian ASSR or, less frequently, Moldovan ASSR, was an autonomous republic of the Ukrainian SSR between 12 October 1924 and 2 August 1940, encompassing modern Transnistria and a number of territories that are now part of Ukraine....
. The town was heavily industrialized during the pre-WWII
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 period. In 1940, it became part of the Moldavian SSR
Moldavian SSR

The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic , commonly abbreviated to Moldavian SSR or MSSR, was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union....
. On 27 June 1941, in the course of World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, the town was occupied by German and Romanian troops. It was liberated by Soviet forces in the summer of 1944.

In 1951-1954, the Dubasari dam, and a 48 MW hydroelectric
Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is electricity generated by hydropower, i.e., the production of power through use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water....
 power plant Dubossarskaya GES was constructed.

Dubasari and its suburbs were the site of major conflict during 1990-1992, that eventually degenerated in the War of Transnistria
War of Transnistria

The War of Transnistria involved armed clashes on a limited scale that broke out between Transnistrian Republican Guard, militia and Cossack units, supported by the Russian 14th army and Moldovans policemen or troops as early as November 1990 at Dubasari ....
 (1992). Since then, it is controlled by the breakaway administration of Transnistria
Transnistria

Transnistria, also known as Trans-Dniester, Transdniestria, and Pridnestrovie is a disputed region in southeast Europe. Since its declaration of independence in 1990, followed by the War of Transnistria in 1992, it is governed by the Unrecognized states Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic , which claims the left bank...
.

The city's economy was significantly damaged during the war in 1992.

Unlike other cities on the left bank of the Dniester
Dniester

The Dniester is a river in Eastern Europe....
 (Nistru) River, Dubasari is one of the two cities (along with Grigoriopol
Grigoriopol

Grigoriopol is a city in Transnistria, Moldova. It is the seat of the Grigoriopol sub-district, Transnistria of the Transnistria region. The city is located on the left bank of the river Dniester at , in central Transnistria....
) with an ethnic Moldavian
Moldovans

Moldovans or Moldavians are the native population of the medieval Principality of Moldavia, which nowadays corresponds to 8 north-eastern counties of Romania , the Republic of Moldova, and small parts of Ukraine ....
 majority (exceeding 50%), while Ukrainians
Ukrainians

Ukrainians are an East Slavs ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly?citizens of Ukraine . Some 200 years ago and times prior to that, Ukrainians were usually referred to and known as Rusyny ....
 and Russians
Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavs ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries.The English language term Russians is used to refer to the citizens of Russia, regardless of their ethnicity ; in Russian language, the demonym Russian is translated as Rossiyanin ....
 represent large minorities.

Notable natives

  • Vasile Iovv, Moldovan politician, adjunct of the prime minister of the Republic of Moldova
  • Vlad Grecu
    Vlad Grecu

    Vlad Grecu is a Moldovans writer....
    , a Moldovan
    Moldovans

    Moldovans or Moldavians are the native population of the medieval Principality of Moldavia, which nowadays corresponds to 8 north-eastern counties of Romania , the Republic of Moldova, and small parts of Ukraine ....
     writer


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