Volintiri (old name: Volontirovca) is a commune in

Ștefan Vodă District Ștefan Vodă () is a district ( ro, raion) in the south-east of Moldova, with the administrative center at Ștefan Vodă. As of 1 January 2011, its population was 71,900. The district is situated 100 km from Chișinău and 100 km from ...

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. It is on the southern border with

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138 km south of the

n capital, Chișinău. It is composed of a single

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, Volintiri.''Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova'' (CUATM)
The town is relively new having been founded between 1824 and 1828 by veterans of the

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, and originally known as Bebei. The town was part of the

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Cetatea Albă County Cetatea Albă County was a county (județ) of Romania between 1925 and 1938 and between 1941 and 1944, in Bessarabia, with the capital city at Cetatea Albă. It had an area of and a population of 340,459 as of the 1930 census. Geography The cou ...

until 1938,

Ținutul Nistru Ținutul Nistru was one of the ten ''ținuturi'' ("lands") of Romania, founded in 1938 after King of Romania, King Carol II of Romania, Carol II initiated an institutional reform by modifying the 1923 Constitution of Romania, 1923 Constitution and ...

between 1938-1940, then it was incorporated into the Ștefan Vodă district. Notable landmarks include the ''Parcul din Volintiri'' memorial and the ''biserica din volintri'' church, the casa de culture museum, 18 ancient burial mounds and the City Hall, built in 1964.

Notable people

* Maria Bieșu,

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. * Dumitru Dragomir,

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References

External links

* Communes of Ștefan Vodă District Akkermansky Uyezd Cetatea Albă County {{ȘtefanVodă-geo-stub