Maiac is an urban settlement

Urban settlement

Urban settlement may refer to:*Urban area, area with high density of human-created structures*Municipal urban settlement, a type of municipal formation in Russia*Urban settlement, a synonym for urban localities in Russia...

 (according to Transnistria

Transnistria

Transnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...

n authorities), or city

City

A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...

 (according to the Moldova

Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

n legislation) in the Grigoriopol sub-district, Transnistria, Moldova

Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

, 13 km east of Grigoriopol

Grigoriopol

Grigoriopol is a city in Transnistria, Moldova. It is the seat of the Grigoriopol sub-district of Transnistria. The city is located on the left bank of the river Dniester at , in central Transnistria....

, on the Ukrainian border.

Transmitter

The Transnistrian Radio and Television Center (TRTC) is located in Maiac. It is a large broadcasting centre for short- and mediumwave, which was built up in the years between 1968 and 1975. It covers an area of 9.5 km²., and housed at the end of 1980s 20 transmitters. In 1997, a 350 meters, and a 250 meters mast of the facility used for medium wave broadcasting collapsed as a result of icing.

In October 2007 the Russia

Russia

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n unitary enterprize Russian Television and Radio Networks acquired 100% of shares of the TRTC for $3,314,388.