Dnestrovsc ( ro, Nistrovsc; russian: Днестрóвск, Dnestrovsk; uk, Дністровськ, Dnistrovs'k) is a town in southern
Moldova
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, near the border with
Ukraine
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. It is at the shores of the
Cuciurgan Reservoir and is home to the
Cuciurgan power station, also known as ''Moldavskaya GRES''.
It is a
company town which was founded in early
Soviet
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times by the establishment of a large power plant, Moldavskaya GRES, today owned by Inter RAO UES.
At the 1989 census, Dnestrovsc has a population of 14,876. At the 2004 census it had ca. 11,200 inhabitants.
References
Cities and towns in Transnistria
Cities and towns in Moldova
Slobozia District
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