Parcani ( mo-Cyrl, Паркань; , ''Parkani''; , ''Parkany''; , ''Parkany'') is a large commune and village in the Slobozia District of

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, a '' de facto'' independent entity within the internationally recognized borders of

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. The village has a population of around 10,500, of whom 95% are ethnic

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(

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). The first Bulgarian colonists arrived in the village in the early 19th century. According to some sources, it is the largest Bulgarian-majority village outside the borders of

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. A monument to Bulgarian national hero

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was unveiled in Parcani in September 2008. The village lies between

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and Bender; it is serviced by the

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line between the two cities. Reports of an attack on a military unit of the

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near Parcani appeared on 25 April 2022. It was later clarified that these reports referred to an attack that had occurred on that day on the Tiraspol Airport. This incident was part of a series of attacks of unknown authorship that occurred in Transnistria in that year during the

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, which may have been a

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operation by

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or Transnistria itself. According to the Soviet census of 1939, the population of the town was 7,363 inhabitants, of which 111 (1.51%) were Moldovans (Romanians), 6,614 (89.83%) Bulgarians, 373 (5.07%) Russians and 230 (3.12%) Ukrainians. According to the 2004 census, the population of the commune was 10,543, of which 824 (7.81%) were Moldovans (Romanians), 1,180 (11.19%) Ukrainians, 1,668 (18.82%) Russians and 6,648 (63.05%) Bulgarians.The Transnistrian census of 2004 data by nationality at http://pop-stat.mashke.org/pmr-ethnic-loc2004.htm

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Website of Parcani
{{Transnistria, Moldova Communes of Transnistria Bulgarian communities in Moldova Tiraspolsky Uyezd Slobozia District