Hlinaia, Slobozia, Transnistria
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Hlinaia
Глиное (Russian) Глинне (Ukrainian) | |
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Village | |
  Hlinaia | |
| Coordinates: 46°38′48″N 29°48′31″E / 46.64667°N 29.80861°E | |
| Country (de jure) |  Moldova |
| Country (de facto) |  Transnistria[a] |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Hlinaia (Moldovan Cyrillic: Хлиная, Russian: Глиное, romanized: Glinoye, Ukrainian: Глинне, romanized: Glinne) is a village in the Slobozia District of Transnistria, Moldova.[1] It has since 1990 been administered as a part of the breakaway Transnistrian Moldovan Republic. In the 19th century, the village was named Glueckstal and was populated by German Lutheran colonists.[2]
According to the Soviet census of 1939, the population of the village was 7,308 inhabitants, of which 3,469 (47.47%) were Moldovans (Romanians), 2,189 (29.95%) were Ukrainians and 1,327 (18.16%) were Russians.[3] According to the unofficial census of 2004, the village had 5,251 inhabitants; more precisely: 2,494 or 47.49% Moldovans (Romanians), 1,448 or 27.57% Ukrainians, 1,186 or 22.58% Russians, 34 Germans, 25 Belarusians, 22 Bulgarians, 18 Gagauz and 24 people of other ethnicities.[4]
