Valea Adîncă

Valea Adîncă (in Romanian; Ukrainian: Валя-Адинке, Valia-Adynke, Волядинка, Voliadynka; Russian: Валя-Адынка, Valia-Adynka; Polish: Waładynka) is a commune in Camenca District, in the northern part of Transnistria, Moldova. The name in Romanian means "deep valley". It is composed of two villages, Constantinovca and Valea Adîncă.[1]

Valea Adîncă
Валя Адынкэ
Valea Adîncă is located in Moldova
Valea Adîncă
Valea Adîncă
Coordinates: 48°0′23″N 28°50′35″E
Country (de jure) Moldova
Country (de facto) Transnistria[lower-alpha 1]
Elevation
85 m (279 ft)
Population
 (1979)
2,200
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Nobel Prize laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz situated the Devil's Gorge where the witch Horpyna, a well-known fictional character from the novel With Fire and Sword, lived, as being in this vicinity along the Dniester river. It was rendered under the Polish spelling of Waładynka.

Valea Adîncă is also the site of the Church of the Blessed Virgin's Protection, a Russian Orthodox church.

Notes

  1. Transnistria's political status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is not recognised by any UN member state. The Moldovan government and the international community consider Transnistria a part of Moldova's territory.

References

48°00′N 28°50′E

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