Solotvyno (also Solotvina) ( uk, Солотвино, hu, Aknaszlatina and hu, Faluszlatina, ro, Slatina, rue, Солотвино, yi, סעלאָטפֿינע (Selotfine), sk, Slatinské Doly) is an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

Tiachiv Raion Tiachiv Raion ( uk, Тячівський район, ro, Raionul Teceu , hu, Técsői járás) is a raion in Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Tiachiv. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrativ ...

Zakarpattia Oblast The Zakarpattia Oblast ( uk, Закарпатська область, Zakarpatska oblast) is an administrative oblast located in western Ukraine, mostly coterminous with the historical region of Carpathian Ruthenia. Its administrative centre is ...

of Ukraine, located adjacent to Romania, on the right bank of the

Tisza River The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa, is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. Once, it was called "the most Hungarian river" because it flowed entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national borders. The Tisza be ...

opposite the Romanian city of Sighetu Marmaţiei. The village's name comes from the nearby

salt mine Salt mining extracts natural salt deposits from underground. The mined salt is usually in the form of halite (commonly known as rock salt), and extracted from evaporite formations. History Before the advent of the modern internal combustio ...

. Solotvyno was first mentioned (the former one was burned down by the

Tatars The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

in 1241). Population: . The large Jewish population died in the Holocaust, while the region was in Hungary. Solotvino is the final stop of the Ukrainian section of the railway, which runs from

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukrain ...

Transcarpathia Transcarpathia may refer to: Place * relative term, designating any region beyond the Carpathians (lat. ''trans-'' / beyond, over), depending on a point of observation * Romanian Transcarpathia, designation for Romanian regions on the inner or ...

. The village has an original museum of salt miners.

Notable residents

Robert Maxwell Ian Robert Maxwell (born Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch; 10 June 1923 – 5 November 1991) was a Czechoslovak-born British media proprietor, member of parliament (MP), suspected spy, and fraudster. Early in his life, Maxwell escaped from ...

, British MP, business owner and fraudster (1923–1991), born when the village was part of the

First Czechoslovak Republic The First Czechoslovak Republic ( cs, První československá republika, sk, Prvá česko-slovenská republika), often colloquially referred to as the First Republic ( cs, První republika, Slovak: ''Prvá republika''), was the first Czechoslo ...

.Марк Штейнберг. Евреи в войнах тысячелетий. p. 227.

Gallery

file:Winding tower in Solotvyno (5659-61).jpg, A

in the town of Solotvyno file:Saltlake Solotwino.JPG, Recreation camp, "El dorado" file:Ukraine-Zakarpayska oblast-Solotvuno.JPG file:Solot02.JPG file:Ukraine-Zakarpayska oblast-Solotvuno-Alergologicne pidzemne viddilenja.JPG, Underground office of the hospital file:Solotvyno (Aknaszlatina),former synagogue.jpg, Former synagogue file:Solotvyno,former synagogue.jpg, Former synagogue, now bakery file:Solotvyno (Aknaszlatina). Old Jewish cemetery -01.jpg, Old Jewish cemetery file:Solotvyno (Aknaszlatina). New Jewish cemetery -01.jpg, New Jewish cemetery file:Solotvyno (Aknaszlatina),Jewish memorial plaque.jpg, Jewish memorial plaque

References

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Urban-type settlements in Tiachiv Raion Mining cities and regions in Ukraine {{Zakarpattia-geo-stub